The sella turcica, a saddle-shaped depression in the sphenoid bone that houses the pituitary gland, has captured considerable scientific attention owing to its complex morphology and its ...

The presence of normal visual fields and sella turcica in each of them does not exclude a pituitary adenoma that is secreting an excess of growth hormone.

Empty sella turcica is defined as a sella that is not entirely filled with pituitary tissue and is completely or partly filled with cerebrospinal fluid that has herniated from the suprasellar ...

Empty sella syndrome is a rare condition that describes an abnormality of the sella turcica, a depression in the bone at the base of the skull where the pituitary gland is contained. The condition ...

(B) Normal pituitary (bone window). The large pituitary tumor shows destruction of the bones forming the sella turcica and the clivus. The large mass extends and obliterates the sphenoid sinus.

MRI of the pituitary (Figures 4a and 4b) demonstrated a large mass occupying the sella turcica and clivus, with extension into the suprasellar space, right middle cranial fossa, and sphenoidal sinus.