Radiographic study of the sella turcica had indicated no further enlargement ... She was treated with deep x-ray therapy to the pituitary gland (4000 r over 5 weeks) in February, 1964.

The pituitary gland, also known as the hypophysis, lies immediately beneath the hypothalamus, resting in a depression of the base of the skull called the pituitary fossa, also called the Turkish ...

Since irradiation of the pituitary gland in October ... The radiologic appearance of the sella turcica has not changed. This patient presented some clinical features of glucocorticoid excess ...

The craniocaudal heights of the sella turcica and the pituitary gland were measured on the T1-weighted sagittal images, and the percentage of the sella that was filled was calculated. 1.

Indeed, we described this in the text: “This impression arises from the fact that the sella turcica is filled ... the height of the pituitary gland as measured by magnetic resonance imaging ...