Gamuts

Small sella turcica

The sella turcica (Latin for Turkish seat) is a saddle-shaped depression in the body of the sphenoid bone of the human skull and of the skulls of other hominids including chimpanzees, orangutans and gorillas. It serves as a cephalometric landmark. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Be Caused by
 Common
Cerebral atrophy
Decreased intracranial pressure
Growth hormone deficiency
Hypopituitarism
Normal variant
Ventricular shunt
 Uncommon
Cockayne syndrome
Contracting skull
Deprivation dwarfism
Dysplastic sella turcica
Fibrous dysplasia
Genetic dwarfism
Lenz-Majewski dysplasia
Melnick-Needles osteodysplasty
Microcephaly
Myotonic dystrophy
Prader-Willi syndrome
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy in childhood
Sheehan syndrome
Short stature - pituitary and cerebellar defects - small sella turcica
Sterno-costo-clavicular hyperostosis
Trisomy 21
Vestigial sella

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