Fairgrieve S I
Department of Anthropology, Erindale College, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Am J Phys Anthropol. 1990 Sep;83(1):111-21. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.1330830113.
This paper examines the usefulness of volume and area assessments of the sella turcica from radiographs in order to aid in the differential diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia in past populations. Lateral and posterior-anterior radiographs were taken of each cranium in the sample. The length, depth, and width of the sella turcica were then measured directly from the appropriate view, and subsequently the volume and area were calculated for each. The 20-25 year-old cohort was found to yield the most promising results; however, a statistical difference was not found to exist using the volume or area. The width dimension was found to be of far more use than any other in this study. In no instance was any feature of typical porotic hyperostosis, visually or radiographically, found to be statistically correlated with any difference in the dimensions of the sella turcica. A discussion of how the various dimensions of the sella turcica react to changes in size of the hypophysis cerebri is presented.
本文研究了通过X线片对蝶鞍进行体积和面积评估，以辅助诊断过去人群缺铁性贫血的实用性。对样本中的每个颅骨拍摄了侧位和后前位X线片。然后直接从适当的视图测量蝶鞍的长度、深度和宽度，随后计算每个蝶鞍的体积和面积。发现20 - 25岁的队列产生了最有希望的结果；然而，使用体积或面积未发现统计学差异。在本研究中，宽度维度比其他任何维度都有用得多。在任何情况下，无论是视觉上还是放射学上，均未发现典型多孔性骨质增生的任何特征与蝶鞍尺寸的任何差异存在统计学相关性。本文还讨论了蝶鞍的各个维度如何对脑垂体大小的变化做出反应。
