Double Floor Of Sella Turcica

Sella tur cica a depression on the upper surface of the sphenoid bone lodging the pituitary gland.

Double floor of sella turcica.

Lateral skull radiograph showed enlargement of the pituitary fossa and uneven bony structure of the sella turcica with poor alignment of the anterior fossa and sphenoid wings so called the double sellar floor sign fig. It is divided into three fragments and consists of an anterior wall a floor and a posterior wall. Anatomically the sella turcica has been expressed as variable. Sella turcica in the superior aspect of the sphenoid bone.

Sella turcica resembles as saddle like depression which provide place for the pituitary gland. The empty sella turcica was first described in 1949 as a condition where the sella turcica is only partially filled by the pituitary gland which appears flattened against the sellar floor fig. Figure 1 2 saddle like depression which is sella turcica. Ballooned sella with an undercutting anterior clinoid process unequal downward displacement of the floor double floor appearance craniopharyngioma.

The sella turcica latin for turkish seat is a saddle shaped depression in the body of the sphenoid bone of the human skull and of the skulls of other hominids including chimpanzees orangutans and gorillas it serves as a cephalometric landmark the pituitary gland or hypophysis is located within the most inferior aspect of the sella turcica the hypophyseal fossa. 2 not surprisingly many patients. 1a indicating an intrasellar mass or parasellar lesion. Magnetic resonance mr t2 weighted sagittal image of brain demonstrates a tumor 2 8 cm 2 8 cm 3 8 cm.

32 patients 15 9 had oblique anterior wall. The secondary common type was double contour of the floor of sella turcica seen in 46 patients 22 9. Rarely can cause sellar enlargement if reaches large. 1 autopsy studies confirm the high disease prevalence reported to be 5 5 to 20 of the general population.

This condition is known as primary empty sella syndrome ess. Miller keane encyclopedia and dictionary of medicine nursing and. Sella sel ah l a saddle shaped depression. The buildup of spinal fluid squashes the pituitary gland flat so it looks like your sella turcica is empty.