Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus V: Skeletal Systems
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
A-F:Principal variations in sellar shape according to H.T. Martin:
G:"Sellar monstrosity" of Carstens. It lacks any real fossa; correspondingly, the hypophysis is inadequate.
H-L:various types of bridging
M:Schneider's "pseudo-bridging."
N:Raab's variant; tall, clumsy dorsum.
O:Fossa rounded and small, low wide dorsum, and posterior clinoid processes may be present or lacking.
Redrawn from Zimmer, E.A. A Köhler, and E.A. Zimmer Borderlands of the Normal and Early pathologic in Skeletal Roentgenology, 3rd American Ed., translated and edited by S.P. Wilk, Grune & Stratton, New York, 1968.
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