Sclerosis of the pterygoid process in untreated patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Radiology

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 181-186

  Shatzkes, Deborah R ^a,b   Meltzer, Daniel E ^a   Lee, Jane A ^a   Babb, James S ^a   Sanfilippo, Nicholas J ^a   Holliday, Roy A ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; BONE EROSION; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGOID PROCESS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKULL BASE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PTERYGOID MUSCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 33645131196     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2391042176     Document Type: Review

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