[The dorsum sellae as an indicator of axial skeletal osteoporosis. The results of computer tomographic densitometry].
Computer tomographic densitometry of the dorsum sellae shows decreasing density with increasing age. This reduction does not take place evenly, but increases markedly at the age of 50. Densities below twice a standard deviation of mean values suggest that there is porosis of the axial skeleton as well. This provides an interesting and useful piece of additional information during cranial computed tomography.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
Das Dorsum sellae als Indikator der Stammskelettosteoporose. Ergebnisse der computertomographischen Densitometrie.