Sella turcica fractures in a trauma series and their clinical significance

Fractures in the region of the sella turcica (ST) are usually associated with severe blunt head trauma and may produce many complications. The true incidence is difficult to assess since there have been only about 30 cases reported in the literature. A total of 470 computed tomography (CT) sections-...

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Published in:Surgical neurology 1995-07, Vol.44 (1), p.28-30
Main Authors: Ceviker, Necdet, Baykaner, Kemali, Keskil, Semih, Işik, Sedat, Tokyay, Mahmut, Kaymaz, Memduh, Aykol, Şükrü
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Female
Head injury
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
sella turcica
Sella Turcica - injuries
skull fracture
Skull Fractures - diagnosis
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Summary:Fractures in the region of the sella turcica (ST) are usually associated with severe blunt head trauma and may produce many complications. The true incidence is difficult to assess since there have been only about 30 cases reported in the literature. A total of 470 computed tomography (CT) sections--with optimum bone window images of skull bone--of 1600 head trauma patients who were admitted between 1979 and 1992, inclusive, to the Neurosurgery Department of Gazi University Medical School were analyzed retrospectively. There were a total of 17 patients with a fracture of the ST, constituting an incidence of 3.6%, and there was a preponderance of children. Computed tomography was very helpful in assessing the extent of ST fractures. In our cases, these fractures were not associated with a high complication or death rate, although a cerebrospinal fluid fistula was present in 53%.
ISSN:0090-3019
1879-3339
DOI:10.1016/0090-3019(95)00048-8