Medial portion of the cavernous sinus: Quantitative analysis of the medial wall

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 416-422

  Yilmazlar, Selcuk ^a   Kocaeli, Hasan ^a   Aydiner, Fatma ^a   Korfali, Ender ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cavernous sinus; Medial wall; Pituitary; Pituitary capsule; Transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CAVERNOUS SINUS MEDIAL WALL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DURA MATER; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS CAPSULE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MICRODISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TRANSSPHENOIDAL HYPOPHYSECTOMY;

CAVERNOUS SINUS; DURA MATER; HUMANS; MICRODISSECTION; PITUITARY GLAND; SELLA TURCICA;

EID: 24644452497     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20160     Document Type: Article

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