Table 5.
Combinations of hormone deficiencies according to neuroradiology.
| Normal (n = 65) | Empty sella (n = 38) |
All (n = 104)* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(42 M, 23F) |
Partial (12 M, 3F) |
Total (7 M, 16F) |
Partial + Total (19 M, 19F) |
(62 M, 42F) |
||
| Deficiencies (cortisol def. at <7 µg/dl) | ||||||
| Any one | 21 (32.3%) | 10 (76. 9%) | 3 (13.0%) | 13 (34.2%) | 35 (33.6%) | |
| Any two | 3 (4.6%) | 0 | 4 (17.4%) | 4 (10.5%) | 7 (6.7%) | |
| All three | 1 (1.5%) | 0 | 1 (4.3%) | 1 (2. 6%) | 2 (1.9%) | |
| Males | , any one | 14 (33.3%) | 9 (75.0%) | 0 | 9 (47.4%) | 24 (38.7%) |
| , any two | 2 (4.8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (3.2%) | |
| , any three | 0 | 0 | 1 (14.3%) | 1 (5.3%) | 1 (1.6%) | |
| Females | , any one | 7 (30.4%) | 1 (33.3%) | 3 (18.7%) | 4 (21.0%) | 11 (26.2%) |
| , any two | 1 (4.3%) | 0 | 4 (25%) | 4 (21.0%) | 5 (11.9%) | |
| , any three | 1 (4.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.4%) | |
| Deficiencies (cortisol def. at ≤11 µg/dl) | ||||||
| Any one | 24 (36.9%) | 12 (80.0%) | 4 (17.4%) | 16 (42.1%) | 41 (39.4%) | |
| Any two | 7 (10.8%) | 1 (6.7%) | 4 (17.4%) | 5 (13.2%) | 12 (11.5%) | |
| All three | 1 (1.5%) | 0 | 1 (4.3%) | 1 (2.6%) | 2 (1.9%) | |
| Males | , any one | 18 (42.8%) | 10 (83.3%) | 0 | 10 (52.6%) | 29 (46.8%) |
| , any two | 3 (7.1%) | 1 (8.3%) | 0 | 1 (5.3%) | 4 (6.4%) | |
| , any three | 0 | 0 | 1 (14.3%) | 1 (5.3%) | 1 (1.6%) | |
| Females | , any one | 6 (26.1%) | 2 (66.7%) | 4 (25.0%) | 6 (31.6%) | 12 (28.6%) |
| , any two | 4 (17.4%) | 0 | 4 (25.0%) | 4 (21.0%) | 8 (19.0%) | |
| , any three | 1 (4.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.4%) | |
*
One man (aged 48 years) had increased volume of sella turcica, with the upper boundary of pituitary being mildly convex.