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| Publication Title : | CEPHALOMETRIC STUDY FOR SEX DETERMINATION USING MAXILLARY SINUS VOLUMES ON COMPUTARIZED TOMOGRAPHY IN SOKOTO NIGERIA |
| Author(s) : | Abdulhameed A, Zagga AD, Ma'aji SM, Bello SS, Usman JD, Awwal MM, Bello A, Tadros AA |
| Abstract : | Background:Objectives:Methods: Identification of human remain requires a comparison between ante-mortem and post-mortem evidences, as such, the use of bones that are often easily recovered intact like the maxilla, becomes necessary although the skull and other bones may be badly disfigured. To determine the precision with which the maxillary sinus volumes identifies sex. 130 subjects (79 males and 51 females), between 20 - 80 years, with normal maxillary sinus CT anatomy, from head CT scans carried out at the Radiology Department of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) Sokoto from 2008 to 2012 were involved in this study. The volume of each sinus was determined by the product of three linear measurements (craniocaudal (height), anteroposterior (dept) and transverse (width) diameters), using Neusoft Dual Slide Helical CT machine and the slice thickness. These measurements were performed on three-dimensional reconstructed images using V-works 3.0 program. The discriminant analysis showed that the accuracy with which the maxillary sinus volume could identify sex was 50.6% in males, and 60.8% in females. Computerized Tomography estimation of maxillary sinus volume may be of value to support sex determination in forensic anthropology. Sex Determination, Maxillary Sinus, Volume.Results:Conclusion:Keywords: |
| DOI : | 10.47837/cmj.19770126.nma.20131410121 |
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