The authors present the unusual case of a 15-year-old boy with a primary empty sella caused by non-communicating hydrocephalus due to fourth ventricle outflow obstruction whose secondary symptoms of growth hormone deficiency and delayed puberty were successfully treated by endoscopic third ventriculocisternostomy (ETV). Hypopituitarism occurs only rarely in cases of hydrocephalus; rarer still are cases where hypopituitarism is the sole symptom of hydrocephalus. A primary empty sella may indicate elevated intracranial pressure; if the cause is non-communicating hydrocephalus, ETV is indicated as the preferred treatment modality.

• MeSH
• čtvrtá mozková komora patologie   MeSH
• hydrocefalus komplikace   patologie   chirurgie   MeSH
• hypopituitarismus etiologie   chirurgie   MeSH
• intrakraniální hypertenze etiologie   chirurgie   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• neuroendoskopie metody   MeSH
• opožděná puberta etiologie   chirurgie   MeSH
• růstový hormon nedostatek   MeSH
• třetí mozková komora chirurgie   MeSH
• ventrikulostomie * MeSH
• výsledek terapie MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• kazuistiky MeSH