Determination of sella turcica types in healthy Turkish population
Abstract
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the age and gender differences of sella turcica types in healthy Turkish individuals using lateral cephalometric radiographs and make an analysis of sella turcica types.
Material and Methods: A total of 222 patients of which 93 females and 129 males in the age group of 1-46 years who applying to the Department of Radiology with various reasons were included in our study and the classification of sella turcica types was assessed. Measurements were classified both in terms of gender, and age groups. Sella turcica types were analysed according to the two classification methods performed by Meyer Marcotti et al., and Axelsson et al.
Results: Significant differences were found between gender and sella turcica types according to Axelsson et al’s classification method. Furthermore, the sella turcica bridging type in males and variation combination type in females were no found. On the other hand, there were no considerable differences between sella turcica types and age groups according to Axelsson et al’s classification; whereas, the significant difference was found between age groups and sella turcica types according to Meyer Marcotti et al’s classification.
Conclusion: The data obtained in our study will shed light on monitorize of growth of individual by enabling determination of the sella turcica types in various diseases and different age groups, and the knowledge of the anatomic variations for sella turcica typology of Turkish population.
Keywords
Kaynakça
- 1. Meyer Marcotti P, Weisschuh N, Dressler P, Hartmann J, Stellzig-Eisenhauer A. Morphology of the sella turcica in Axenfeld–Rieger syndrome with PITX2 mutation. J Oral Pathol Med. 2008;37:504-10.
- 2. Tassoker M, Ozcan S. Clinical And Radiological Significance of Sella Turcica: A Literature Review. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences 2016;15:108-13.
- 3. Axelsson S, Storhaug K, Kjaer I. Post-natal size and morphology of the sella turcica. Longitudinal cephalometric standards for Norwegians between 6 and 21 years of age. Eur J Orthod. 2004;26:597-604.
- 4. Hasan HA, Alam MK, Yusof A, Mizushima H, Kida A, Osuga N. Size and Morphology of Sella Turcica in Malay populations: A 3D CT Study. Journal of Hard Tissue Biology 2016;25:313-20.
- 5. Valizadeh S, Shahbeig S, Mohseni S, Azimi F, Bakhshandeh H. Correlation of Shape and Size of Sella Turcica With the Type of Facial Skeletal Class in an Iranian Group. Iran J Radiol. 2015;12:1-7.
- 6. Sathyanarayana HP, Kallasam V, Chitharanjan AB. The size and morphology of sella turcica in different skeletal patterns among South Indian population: A lateral cephalometric study. J Ind Orthod Soc. 2013;47:266-71.
- 7. Russell BG, Kjær I. Postnatal Structure of the Sella Turcica in Down Syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics 1999;87:183-188.
- 8. Kjaer I. Orthodontics and foetal pathology: a personal view on craniofacial patterning. Eur J Orthod. 2010;32:140-7.
- 9. Bavbek NC. Sella tursika: gelişimi, boyutları, morfolojisi ve patolojileri. Atatürk Üniv Diş Hek Fak Derg. 2016;16:99-107.
- 10. Yassir AY, Nahidh M, Yousif HA. Size and morphology of sella turcica in Iraqi adults. Mustansiria Dent J. 2010;7:23-30.
