title: "Inverted sella turcica" appearance on skull X-ray due to chronic sphenoidal sinusitis. A report of two cases.
abstract: This paper presents two cases with a peculiar shape of the sella turcica on skull X-ray due to chronic sphenoidal sinusitis. This unusual "inverted sella turcica" sign, not previously reported, may be specific to this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University Hospitals, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turgut
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Saribas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002817:Chordoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D015524:Sphenoid Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy