1. Comparison of lateral and superior walls of the pituitary fossa with clinical emphasis on pituitary adenoma extension: cadaveric-anatomic study
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Erim Kursat, Selcuk Yilmazlar, Kaya Aksoy, Hakan Oygucu, Sibel Aker, Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Nöroşirürji Anabilim Dalı., Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Patoloji Anabilim Dalı., Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Anatomi Anabilim Dalı., Kürşat, Erim, Yılmazlar, Selçuk, Aker, Sibel, Aksoy, Kaya, Oygucu, Hakan, and AAH-5070-2021
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Gland ,Diaphragma sellae ,Clinical assessment ,Space ,Medial wall ,Microsurgical anatomy ,Medicine ,Diaphragma sella ,Quantitative analysis ,Priority journal ,Anthropometry ,Nerves ,General Medicine ,Anatomy ,Statistical significance ,Cadaveric study ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Turcica ,Clinical neurology ,Cavernous sinus ,Cavernous Sinus ,Thickness ,Parasellar region ,Human ,Adenoma ,Adult ,Suprasellar extension ,Histopathology ,Mr ,Neurosciences & neurology ,Article ,Hypophysis adenoma ,Microanalysis ,Cadaver ,Pituitary adenoma ,Humans ,Pituitary Neoplasms ,Sella Turcica ,Human tissue ,Cavernous sinus invasion ,Empty Sella Syndrome ,Pituitary Stalk ,Suprasellar region ,Comparative anatomy ,business.industry ,Diaphragma-sellae ,medicine.disease ,Medial wall sella ,Parasellar extension ,Sphenoid ,Surgery ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,Cadaveric spasm ,Controlled study ,Pituitary fossa - Abstract
Pituitary adenomas extend to the suprasellar region via diaphragmal passage and extend to the cavernous sinus via the medial wall (MW). Better understanding of the dynamics of suprasellar and parasellar extension of sellar region pathologies requires microanatomical comparison of diaphragma sellae (DS) and the MW of the cavernous sinus. This study provides the first detailed quantitative assessment between DS and MW of the cavernous sinus. Microanatomical details and histopathological examinations of the DS and MWs of the cavernous sinus were studied in sphenoid block samples obtained from adult cadavers, and the thicknesses of the DS and the MW of the cavernous sinus were measured. Mean thickness of the DS was 216.73 +/- 51.26 microm in the center and 367.33+/-133.66 microm in the periphery. Mean thickness of the lower third of the MW was 161.53+/-53.86 microm and that of the upper third was 278.46+/-162.79 microm. Difference between the thicknesses of the upper and lower thirds was significant (P
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