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Radiologic Anatomy of the Sellar Region

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Computed Tomography of the Pituitary Gland

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We will here briefly describe both the normal CT pattern and the major anatomical variants involving the pituitary gland, the sella turcica, the vascular and nervous structures of the cavernous sinus and the suprasellar cistern. The CT slices can be correlated with anatomical sections presented in the sagittal, coronal, and axial planes (Figs. 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3).

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  1. Département de Neuroradiologie, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Besançon, F-25030, Besançon, France

    Professeur Jean-François Bonneville & Dr. Françoise Cattin

  2. Centre Hospitalier Régional, Service de Radiologie, Hospices Civils de Strasbourg, 1, Place de l’Hôpital, F-67091, Strasbourg, France

    Dr. Jean-Louis Dietemann

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Bonneville, JF., Cattin, F., Dietemann, JL. (1986). Radiologic Anatomy of the Sellar Region. In: Computed Tomography of the Pituitary Gland. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70375-1_2

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