Tuberculum sellae and sphenoid planum meningiomas usually compress the optic chiasm from below.
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The sella turcica is bound in front by the tuberculum sellae and behind by the dorsum sellae.
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Behind the chiasmatic groove is an elevation, the tuberculum sellae; and behind this is a deep depression, the saddle-shaped sella turcica ( Turkish seat ), the deepest part of which, the hypophyseal fossa, lodges the pituitary gland.