"Sphenoid Sinus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of the paired air spaces located in the body of the SPHENOID BONE behind the ETHMOID BONE in the middle of the skull. Sphenoid sinus communicates with the posterosuperior part of NASAL CAVITY on the same side.
| Descriptor ID |
D013101
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A04.531.621.827
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sphenoid Sinus" by people in Profiles.
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Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Resection of Cystic Third Ventricular Craniopharyngioma with Cystocisternal Fenestration. World Neurosurg. 2024 05; 185:224.
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Using the Middle Turbinate to Protect the Skull Base in Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery: A Cadaver Study. Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2021 Jan; 35(1):59-63.
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Three-Dimensional CT Morphometric Image Analysis of the Clivus and Sphenoid Sinus in Chiari Malformation Type I. Ann Biomed Eng. 2019 Nov; 47(11):2284-2295.
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Surgical nuances for the endoscopic endonasal transpterygoid approach to lateral sphenoid sinus encephaloceles. Neurosurg Focus. 2012 Jun; 32(6):E5.
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Extended osteoplastic maxillotomy for total excision of giant multicompartmental juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. Indian J Dent Res. 2008 Oct-Dec; 19(4):366-9.
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Eosinophilia in chronic childhood sinusitis. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1995 Dec; 121(12):1396-402.
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Sphenoid sinus mucoceles presenting as intracranial masses on computed tomography. Surg Neurol. 1980 May; 13(5):375-9.