Mucocele involving the anterior clinoid process: MR and CT findings

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 287-290

  Tchoyoson Lim, C C ^a   Dillon, William P ^b   McDermott, Michael W ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; MALE; MUCOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SPHENOID SINUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUCOCELE; SPHENOID BONE; SPHENOID SINUS; SPHENOID SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0142055214     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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