Agenesis of sphenoid sinus: Three cases

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-353

  Degirmenci, Bumin ^a   Haktanır, Alpay ^a   Acar, Murat ^a   Albayrak, Ramazan ^a   Yücel, Aylin ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Agenesis; Computed tomography; Sphenoid sinus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; NOSE DISEASE; PARANASAL SINUS; PARANASAL SINUSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHENOID SINUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 31044436434     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-005-0336-5     Document Type: Article

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