Anatomic Landmarks for Locating Parotid Lesions in Relation to the Facial Nerve: Cross-sectional Radiologic Study

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 314-318

  El Hakim, Hamdy ^a,b   Mountain, Rodney ^a   Carter, Lachlan ^a   Nilssen, Erik L K ^a   Wardrop, Peter ^a   Nimmo, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

External carotid artery; Facial nerve; Imaging; Parotid gland; Retromandibular vein

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PAROTIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0842305974     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2003.11423     Document Type: Article

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