Determination of sella turcica types in healthy Turkish population

Year 2020, Volume: 45 Issue: 2, 738 - 745, 30.06.2020

Sema Özandaç Polat , Ayşe Gül Kabakcı , Fatma Yasemin Öksüzler , Mahmut Oksüzler , Ahmet Hilmi Yücel

https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.694981

Cited By: 3

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

Sella turcica classification, sella turcica shapes/types

Supporting Institution

Çukurova Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeler Birimi

Project Number

TSA-2018-11285

Thanks

This study was supported by a grant from Cukurova University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit (Project number: TSA-2018-11285).

Sağlıklı Türk popülasyonunda sella turcica tiplerinin belirlenmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmada, sağlıklı Türk populasyonunda sella turcica tiplerinin yaş ve cinsiyete göre farklılıklarını lateral kafa grafileri kullanılarak belirlemek ve sella turcica tiplerinin analizinin yapılması amaçlanmıştırı.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Yaşları 1-46 yıl arasında değişen, çeşitli nedenlerle Radyoloji Bölümü’ne başvuran 93 kadın ve 129 erkek toplam 222 kişi çalışmaya dahil edildi ve sella turcica sınıflandırılması yapıldı. Ölçümler cinsiyet ve yaş grupları açısından değerlendirildi. Sella turcica tipleri Meyer Marcotti ve arkadaşları ile Axelsson ve arkadaşları tarafından yapılan iki sınıflandırmaya göre analiz edildi.
Bulgular: Axelsson ve arkadaşlarının sınıflandırma metoduna göre cinsiyetler arasında anlamlı farklılık bulundu. Ayrıca, erkeklerde sella turcica köprüleşme tipine, kadınlarda varyasyonların kombinasyonu tipine rastlanılmadı. Diğer taraftan, Meyer Marcotti ve arkadaşlarının yapmış oldukları sınıflandırmaya göre yaş grupları ile sella turcica tipleri arasında anlamlı farklılık bulunmasına rağmen, Axelsson ve arkadaşlarının yapmış oldukları sınıflandırmaya göre sella turcica tipleri ve yaş grupları arasında anlamlı farklılık bulunmadı.
Sonuç: Çalışmamızda elde edilen bulgular çeşitli hastalıklarda ve farklı yaş gruplarında sella turcica tiplerinin belirlenmesine ve Türk populasyonunun sella turcica tipolojisi için anatomik varyasyonların bilgisine olanak sağlayarak bireyin gelişiminin izlenmesine ışık tutacaktır.

Keywords

Sella turcica classification, Sella turcica shapes, Variation

Project Number

TSA-2018-11285

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