The silent sinus syndrome: A case with normal predisease imaging

Orbit

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 161-164

  Ong, Lorraine Y ^a   McNab, Alan A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Enophthalmos; Maxillary sinus; MRI; Silent sinus syndrome

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MAXILLARY SINUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; SILENT SINUS SYNDROME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0043206209     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/orbi.22.3.161.15623     Document Type: Article

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