. Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . Fig. 8.—A sinistrodextral exposure of a hydrocephalic head. The mottling dueto pressure atrophy is very noticeable in this instance. It is the picture of the headof Case 0/fBlTM ^ Aoor C^A//JAL Fig. 9.—A sketcli of the salient features to be seen in Iig. 8. Note the erosionof the sella with the complete destruction of the dorsum. There is a Wormian bonein the lambda suture. DISEASES OF THE SKULL 55 Case 7.—JSiiictccn-vcar-nliI j,\v\. Svniiitimis: licaiiachc fur vcars. hliml-noss; for several inDiiths tlierc has liceii trickling i>1 liquiil


. Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . Fig. 8.—A sinistrodextral exposure of a hydrocephalic head. The mottling dueto pressure atrophy is very noticeable in this instance. It is the picture of the headof Case 0/fBlTM ^ Aoor C^A//JAL Fig. 9.—A sketcli of the salient features to be seen in Iig. 8. Note the erosionof the sella with the complete destruction of the dorsum. There is a Wormian bonein the lambda suture. DISEASES OF THE SKULL 55 Case 7.—JSiiictccn-vcar-nliI j,\v\. Svniiitimis: licaiiachc fur vcars. hliml-noss; for several inDiiths tlierc has liceii trickling i>1 liquiil finni tlic noseand during tliis time tiiere has been relief from tiie lieadadios. The roentgenogram showed extensive erosion and thinning of tiie sluill(Vi to o mm.). The sella was greatly widened and deepened, and its dorsumwas destroyed. (See Figs. 8 and !».) The fi\o oases (Nds. )) to 7) filod sho\\-, in part, only erosionof the \aiilt, and, in part, also erosions of the base, esi)e(ia]lyof the sella tureiea. The pioof of sueh an erosion of the sellain our cases was not only of sigiiifieanee witli relation to tiieehoiee of the method of operation (Case No. 5 was suitable forpalliative trephination of the


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