caa a22 4500 463199014 CHVBK 20180406164930.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00276-006-0157-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00276-006-0157-1 Determination of gender by measuring the size of the maxillary sinuses in computerized tomography scans [Elektronische Daten] [Hacer Teke, Semra Duran, Nergis Canturk, Gurol Canturk] Background: Identification of corpses is a difficult forensic procedure and it is mandated by laws and social rules. Comparison of ante mortem and post-mortem medical records, such as dental documents, plays an important role in the identification of corpses. However, typical identification methods may be inconclusive, especially when certain extreme post-mortem changes have developed. Gender has long been determined from the skull, the pelvis and the long bones with an epiphysis and a metaphysis in unknown skeletons. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the width, the length and the height of the maxillary sinuses could be used for determination of gender. Materials and Methods: The width, the length and the height of the maxillary sinuses were measured in 127 adult patients who were admitted to the Department of Radiology for computed tomography scans of their sinuses. Of 127 patients, 62 (48.8%) were females and 65 (51.2%) were males. The width, the length and the height of the maxillary sinuses were measured in Computerized Tomography scans (Hitachi Radix Turbo computed tomography) when the patients were in prone position without sedation or contrast medium. The data were subjected to a discriminative analysis using the SPSS package program (Version 11.5). Results: The discriminative analysis showed that the accuracy of maxillary sinus measurements—i.e. the ability of the maxillary sinus size to identify gender—was 69.4% in females and 69.2% in males. Conclusion: Computerized Tomography measurements of maxillary sinuses may be useful to support gender determination in forensic medicine; however, with a relatively low-accuracy rate (less than 70%). Springer-Verlag, 2006 Maxillary sinuses nationallicence Determination of gender nationallicence Computerized tomography nationallicence Disaster victim identification nationallicence Forensic medicine nationallicence Teke Hacer Forensic Medicine Department, Ankara University School of Medicine, 06340, Ankara, Turkey aut Duran Semra Radiology Department, Ankara Numune Hospital, Ankara, Turkey aut Canturk Nergis Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ministry of Justice, Ankara, Turkey aut Canturk Gurol Forensic Medicine Department, Ankara University School of Medicine, 06340, Ankara, Turkey aut Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy Springer-Verlag 29/1(2007-02-01), 9-13 0930-1038 29:1<9 2007 29 276 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-006-0157-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-006-0157-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Teke Hacer Forensic Medicine Department, Ankara University School of Medicine, 06340, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Duran Semra Radiology Department, Ankara Numune Hospital, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Canturk Nergis Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ministry of Justice, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Canturk Gurol Forensic Medicine Department, Ankara University School of Medicine, 06340, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy Springer-Verlag 29/1(2007-02-01), 9-13 0930-1038 29:1<9 2007 29 276 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer