The Enigma behind Pituitary and Sella Turcica
The pituitary gland’s role as a functional matrix for sella turcica has not been suggested in orthodontic literature. This paper is an attempt to correlate the role of pituitary gland in the development of sella turcica. A case report of dwarfism associated with hypopituitarism is presented to highl...
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| description | The pituitary gland’s role as a functional matrix for sella turcica has not been suggested in orthodontic literature. This paper is an attempt to correlate the role of pituitary gland in the development of sella turcica. A case report of dwarfism associated with hypopituitarism is presented to highlight the above hypothesis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2cd0d6fd7f7d434d87ff5bbda36bbc132025-08-20T03:55:02ZengWileyCase Reports in Dentistry2090-64472090-64552015-01-01201510.1155/2015/954347954347The Enigma behind Pituitary and Sella TurcicaUmarevathi Gopalakrishnan0Lodd Mahendra1Sumanth Rangarajan2Ramasamy Madasamy3Mohammad Ibrahim4Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Thalambur, Chennai 600130, IndiaDepartment of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Thalambur, Chennai 600130, IndiaDepartment of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Thalambur, Chennai 600130, IndiaDepartment of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Thalambur, Chennai 600130, IndiaDepartment of Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Thalambur, Chennai 600130, IndiaThe pituitary gland’s role as a functional matrix for sella turcica has not been suggested in orthodontic literature. This paper is an attempt to correlate the role of pituitary gland in the development of sella turcica. A case report of dwarfism associated with hypopituitarism is presented to highlight the above hypothesis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/954347 |
| spellingShingle | Umarevathi Gopalakrishnan Lodd Mahendra Sumanth Rangarajan Ramasamy Madasamy Mohammad Ibrahim The Enigma behind Pituitary and Sella Turcica Case Reports in Dentistry |
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