title: A sella turcica bridge in subjects with severe craniofacial deviations.
abstract: In earlier studies, a sella turcica bridge was stated to occur in 1.75 to 6 per cent of the population. The occurrence of a sella turcica bridge has not previously been studied in a group of patients with craniofacial deviations treated by surgery. Profile radiographs from 177 individuals who had undergone combined orthodontic and surgical treatment at the Copenhagen School of Dentistry were studied. A sella turcica bridge was registered in those subjects where the radiograph revealed a continuous band of bony tissue from the anterior cranial fossa to the posterior cranial fossa across the sella turcica. Two types of sella turcica bridge were identified. A sella turcica bridge occurred in 18.6 per cent of the subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery, Länssjukhuset, Halmstad, Sweden.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Becktor
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Einersen
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kjaer
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007569:Jaw Abnormalities / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*