Fossa Navicularis: Anatomic Variation at the Skull Base

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 118-122

  Cankal, F ^a   Ugur, H C ^a   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^a   Elhan, A ^a   Karahan, T ^a   Sevim, A ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Fossa navicularis; Pharynx; Skull base; Tornwaldt's cyst

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOSSA NAVICULARIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKULL BASE; TOPOGRAPHY;

BONE CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; OCCIPITAL BONE; SKULL BASE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1542514703     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10191     Document Type: Article

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