Arrested pneumatization of the skull base: Imaging characteristics

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1691-1696

  Welker, Kirk M ^a   Delone, David R ^a   Lane, John I ^a   Gilbertson, Julie R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrested pneumatization; Congenital anomalies; Craniofacial lesions; Head and neck imaging; Skull base; Sphenoid sinus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARRESTED SKULL BASE PNEUMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKULL BASE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44849106739     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3131     Document Type: Article

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