CT anatomy of pterygopalatine fossa and its communications: A pictorial review

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 481-487

  Erdogan, Nuri ^a   Unur, Erdogan ^a   Baykara, Murat ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Pterygopalatine fossa

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES;

INTERCOMPARTMENTAL SPREAD;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; ETHMOID SINUS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY NERVE; METASTASIS; NEUROANATOMY; ORBIT; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA; REVIEW; SKULL; SPHENOID SINUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VIDIAN NERVE; ZYGOMA;

EID: 0142217856     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(03)00038-7     Document Type: Article

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