"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 |
| 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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Audible sphenoid-sellar fistula: An unusual complication of transphenoidal surgery. Laryngoscope. 2016 09; 126(9):E314-6.
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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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Transsphenoidal removal of intrasellar pilocytic astrocytoma. J Clin Neurosci. 2014 Jun; 21(6):1047-8.
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Skeletal abnormalities in neurofibromatosis type 1: approaches to therapeutic options. Am J Med Genet A. 2009 Oct; 149A(10):2327-38.
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Symptomatic pneumocephalus occurring years after transphenoidal surgery and radiation therapy for an invasive pituitary tumor: a case report and review of the literature. Pituitary. 2003; 6(1):49-52.
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A functional imaging guide to the bony landmarks of the seventh nerve. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2002 Jul-Aug; 26(4):657-9.
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Combined transconjunctival/intranasal endoscopic approach to the optic canal in traumatic optic neuropathy. Laryngoscope. 1997 Mar; 107(3):311-5.
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Skull-base foramina of the middle cranial fossa: reassessment of normal variation with high-resolution CT. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1994 Feb; 15(2):283-91.
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Ictal localization of temporal lobe seizures with scalp/sphenoidal recordings. Neurology. 1989 Oct; 39(10):1288-93.