The silent sinus syndrome

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 333-335

  Monos, Tova ^a   Levy, Jaime ^a   Lifshitz, Tova ^a   Puterman, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Enophthalmos; Imaging; Pathogenesis; Silent sinus syndrome

Indexed keywords

ATELECTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENOPHTHALMOS; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACE DYSMORPHIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAXILLARY SINUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SILENT SINUS SYNDROME; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENOPHTHALMOS; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18744406712     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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