Trifurcate middle turbinate; an unusual anatomical variation

Rhinology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 246-248

  Eweiss, Ahmed ^a,b   Abo Khatwa, Mohamed M ^a   Zeitoun, Hisham ^a  

^a GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessory middle turbinate; Bifurcate middle turbinate; Pneumatized inferior turbinate; Secondary middle turbinate; Trifurcate middle turbinate

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY; TURBINATE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURBINATES;

EID: 52949105289     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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