Lymphatic drainage of the nasal fossae and nasopharynx: Preliminary anatomical and radiological study with clinical implications

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-57

  Pan, Wei Ren ^a   Suami, Hiroo ^a   Corlett, Russell J ^a   Ashton, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lateral pharyngeal node; Lymphatic vessel; Nasal fossae; Retropharyngeal node

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MUCOSA; NASOPHARYNX; NECK; NOSE CAVITY; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBINATE;

LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; NASAL CAVITY; NASOPHARYNX; TURBINATES;

EID: 58149482215     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20926     Document Type: Article

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