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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 175-177Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.2000.0920
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diaphragma sellae; diaphragmal opening; MRI; infundibulum
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Twenty-six adult diaphragma sellae and infundibulae were examined by MRI parallel to the transsphenonidal surgical plane with attention given to the diaphragmal opening. The diaphragmal opening was observed in 11 cases (42.3%). The anteroposterior diameter of the opening ranged from 4.0 to 14.0 mm (mean 8.8 mm), and the lateral diameter ranged from 6.0 to 14.0 mm (mean 9.5 mm). In the cases of open diaphragma sellae, the infundibulum tended to be located in the posterior part of the diaphragma sellae but this was not statistically significant. On MRI parallel to the transsphenoidal surgical approach, the anatomy of the diaphragma sellae was well evaluated. (C) 2002, Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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