Computed Tomography Assessment of Cephalic Index and Sella Turcica Dimensions and Morphology in a Nigerian Population

作     者：Hyacienth Uche Chiegwu Okon Etim Bassey Christopher Chukwuemeka Ohagwu Thomas Adejoh Daniel Dirioha Odunko 

作者机构：Department of Radiography and Radiological SciencesNnamdi Azikiwe UniversityAwkaAnambra StateNigeria Department of Radiography and Radiation SciencesFederal University of TechnologyOwerriImo StateNigeria Radiology DepartmentFederal Medical CentreYenagoaBeyelsa StateNigeria 

出 版 物：《Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine》 (法庭科学与法医学杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2023年第9卷第2期

页      面：112-119页

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

主　　题：Cephalic index Computed Tomography Head shape Sella turcica dimensions and morphology Yoruba tribe of Nigeria 

摘      要：Cephalic index(CI)is the percentage of biparietal diameter to the occipitofrontal diameter of the skull and can be used in forensic investigations in cases of disputed identity where only fragments of the head/skull are *** sella turcica houses the pituitary gland whose hormones regulate the functions of many other glands and systems of the *** sizes of sella turcica could indicate sella/pituitary pathology with health *** study aimed to assess CI,head shapes and sella turcica dimensions and morphology of the Yoruba tribe of *** objectives are:to relate CI and head shapes with sella turcica dimensions and morphology,to use CI and head shape to identify and distinguish the Yoruba tribe from other tribes,to use CI and head shape to distinguish between ***/head and sella turcica dimensions were measured on 321 retrospectively enlisted normal cranial Computed Tomography(CT)images of Yoruba subjects,mean age 55(SD±17)years,in a Tertiary Hospital in South-West Nigeria between January 2020 and April 2021,and then CI *** was analyzed using IBM SPSS 27(IBM ***,NY,USA,2019).Predominant head shape of the studied group was *** CI was 70.0±3.7 and showed no statistically significant difference between gender(P=0.097).Mean sella length,depth;and anteroposterior diameter was 1.22±0.24 cm,0.80±0.15 cm,1.34±0.25 cm *** sella length and depth showed significant difference between gender(P=0.0001;P=0.032)*** shape has no association with sella dimensions and *** shape and CI may stratify populations in forensic practice and surgical planning.