Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . Fig. 95.—A dextrosinistral picture of the head of Case 3. The outline of the sella isquite indistinct due to the fact that it is infiltrated by a carcinomatous Fig. 96.—A sketch of Fig. 95. SB is the site at which the outlines of the sphenoidbone should be seen. destroyed. One could see only an indistinct contour remaining from thefloor of the sella. Remnants of the dorsum sellae and of the anterior clinoidprocesses were also to be seen. (Figs. 95 and 96.) 258 ROENTGEN DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OP THE HEAD Cask 4.— ]>.. Cemale, fifty-two yea
Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head . Fig. 95.—A dextrosinistral picture of the head of Case 3. The outline of the sella isquite indistinct due to the fact that it is infiltrated by a carcinomatous Fig. 96.—A sketch of Fig. 95. SB is the site at which the outlines of the sphenoidbone should be seen. destroyed. One could see only an indistinct contour remaining from thefloor of the sella. Remnants of the dorsum sellae and of the anterior clinoidprocesses were also to be seen. (Figs. 95 and 96.) 258 ROENTGEN DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OP THE HEAD Cask 4.— ]>.. Cemale, fifty-two years old. Paralysis of several cranialnerves. The roentgenogram showed extensive osteoporosis of the body of thesphenoid, so that the contour of the sella was only indistinctly visible andit was scarcely possible to outline the sphenoid cavity. Case 5.—N. N., female, forty years of age. Cranial nerve paralysis. On the roentgenogram the sphenoid body was osteoporotic and the sphe-noid cavity contained no air. The sella was of normal size and shape, butits contour was indistinct. The rhinologlc examination made out the pres-ence of a tumor in the nasopharynx. While Cases 1 and 2 illustrate the occurrence
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