Is there any developmental relationship between mastoid pneumatization and adenoid tissue volume?

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 415-419

  Apuhan, Tayfun ^a   Yildirim, Yavuz Selim ^b   Özaslan, Hakki ^c  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Haseki Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Hisar Intercontinental Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

3D; Adenoid; Adenoid tissue volume; Mastoid air cells; Mastoid air volume; MSCT

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADOLESCENT; AERATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MASTOID; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADENOIDS; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MASTOID; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79951515337     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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