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CT anatomy of pterygopalatine fossa and its communications: a pictorial review

✍ Scribed by Nuri Erdogan; Erdogan Unur; Murat Baykara

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
444 KB
Volume
27
Category
Article
ISSN
0895-6111

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✦ Synopsis

In this article, we present a pictorial review computed tomography (CT) anatomy of pterygopalatine fossa and its communications. Since it represents a major pathway for spread of inflammatory or neoplastic disease between the various compartments, being familiar with the high resolution CT appearance of pterygopalatine fossa and its communications is necessary in selected cases. The diagnostic difficulties in determining the intercompartmental spread is discussed.

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