title: [Advantages of linear tomography in plain roentgenography of small intrasellar space-occupying processes (author's transl)].
abstract: Diagnosis of small intrasellar space-occupying processes, known as microadenomas, requires a subtle study of the structural conditions of the floor and anterior wall of the sella. The intended aim cannot be achieved by means of processes of measurement technology. Linear tomography, nowadays hardly used in the skull region, has been found useful for diagnosis. If the region under investigation is placed at right angles to the scanning plane, the thicker image supplied by the linear tomogram supplies better information on the extent of the changes. The advantages of this tomographic technique, which is employed as an assisting measure, are demonstrated by means of several representative cases.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014054:Tomography
vernacular_title: Vorteile der linearen Tomographie bei der Nativdiagnostik kleiner intrasellarer raumfordernder Prozesse.