MR of the Diaphragma Sellae

Overview

Journal AJNR Am J Neuroradiol

Specialty Neurology

Date 1986 Sep 1

PMID 3096098

Citations 6

Authors

D L Daniels

K W Pojunas

D P Kilgore

P PECH

G A Meyer

A L Williams

V M Haughton

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Abstract

The appearance of the diaphragma sellae is described in cryomicrotomic sections and on MR in patients with and without intra- and suprasellar masses. On MR, it appears as a thin band of negligible signal that is best shown when adjacent CSF or a mass has greater signal intensity. Its position or absence can be used to differentiate intrasellar masses with suprasellar components from suprasellar masses.

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