Extensive pneumatization of the temporal bone and articular eminence: An incidental finding in a patient with facial pain. Case report and review of literature

Quintessence International

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 211-214

  Stoopler, Eric T ^a   Pinto, Andres ^a   Stanton, David C ^b   Mupparapu, Muralidhar ^a   Sollecito, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular eminence; CT scan; Panoramic radiograph; Pneumatization; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CELECOXIB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE PNEUMATIZATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOTHERAPY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STRETCHING; TEMPORAL BONE; ZYGOMA; AIR; HISTOLOGY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

AIR; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; TEMPORAL BONE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038506141     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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