Fossa posterior measurements: significance of sella to floor of 4th ventricle measurements (normal position of floor of 4th ventricle)

Pediatr Radiol. 1976 Oct 26;5(1):2-4. doi: 10.1007/BF00988653.

Abstract

Two proportional methods are introduced to determine the normal position of the floor of the 4th ventricle expressed by two preventricular ratios: (see article); where ds = dorsum sellae, Ts = tuberculum sellae and Tw = Twining's line. T4 is the intersection between Tw and the floor of the 4th ventricle. The methods give information of the position of the 4th ventricle, the diameter of pons and the a-p diameter of the pituitary fossa.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Cerebral Ventricles / anatomy & histology*
  • Cerebral Ventriculography*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumoencephalography