"Sphenoid Bone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An irregular unpaired bone situated at the SKULL BASE and wedged between the frontal, temporal, and occipital bones (FRONTAL BONE; TEMPORAL BONE; OCCIPITAL BONE). Sphenoid bone consists of a median body and three pairs of processes resembling a bat with spread wings. The body is hollowed out in its inferior to form two large cavities (SPHENOID SINUS).
| Descriptor ID |
D013100
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.802
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| Concept/Terms |
Sphenoid Bone- Sphenoid Bone
- Bone, Sphenoid
- Bones, Sphenoid
- Sphenoid Bones
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sphenoid Bone" by people in Profiles.
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Neuroimaging findings of extensive sphenoethmoidal dysplasia in NF1. Clin Imaging. 2018 Sep - Oct; 51:160-163.
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Anterior clinoidectomy using an extradural and intradural 2-step hybrid technique. J Neurosurg. 2019 01 01; 130(1):238-247.
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Preoperative Prediction of the Necessity for Anterior Clinoidectomy During Microsurgical Clipping of Ruptured Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms. World Neurosurg. 2018 Jan; 109:e493-e501.
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Audible sphenoid-sellar fistula: An unusual complication of transphenoidal surgery. Laryngoscope. 2016 09; 126(9):E314-6.
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Endoscopic Approach to Pituitary Tumors. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2016; 56(1):29-39.
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Endonasal endoscopic transsphenoidal chiasmapexy using a clival cranial base cranioplasty for visual loss from massive empty sella following macroprolactinoma treatment with bromocriptine: case report. J Neurosurg. 2016 Apr; 124(4):1025-31.
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Isolated Unilateral Frontosphenoidal Craniosynostosis: A Rare Cause of Anterior Plagiocephaly. J Craniofac Surg. 2015 Sep; 26(6):1944-6.
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Endoscopic Endonasal Management of Metastatic Lesions of the Anterior Skull Base: Case Series and Literature Review. World Neurosurg. 2015 Nov; 84(5):1267-77.
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Transsphenoidal removal of intrasellar pilocytic astrocytoma. J Clin Neurosci. 2014 Jun; 21(6):1047-8.
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Endoscopic vs microsurgical transsphenoidal surgery for acromegaly: outcomes in a concurrent series of patients using modern criteria for remission. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Aug; 98(8):3190-8.