title: Trans-foramen magnum examination of the sella turcica region in the macerated human skulls.
abstract: This report presents a method of quick and accurate imaging of the sellar region by means of the laryngological mirror equipped with a light pipe and followed by taking digital photograph as the mirror image visible through the foramen magnum. A technique of the intracranial imaging of the osseous structures was tested on the macerated human skulls. Images of the sellar region were presented as the example of quality of the employed technique, which can be regarded as a simplified version of the endoscopic examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, Krakow, Poland. jskrzat@poczta.onet.pl.
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skrzat
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kozerska
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Przemyslaw
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chmielewski
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Goncerz
keywords: digital imaging; sella turcica; visual inspection