Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology - contenuto non piu disponibile

Age estimation of the living is becoming a relevant field of application of foren- sic anthropology, where the development of novel methods is urging (1). Several articles highlight the relation with age of different metrical parameters of the sella turcica (2,3), although no study so far has produced regression formulae which may be applicable to the forensic context. The aim of this study was to evaluate the metrical standards of three different measurements of sella turcica (length, depth, diameter) in 177 lateral cephalometric radiograms belonging to male and female individuals aged between 7 and 13 years in order to find standards useful for age estimation. Results were evaluated by two-way ANOVA. Sella diameter was significantly larger in older children (p