"Frontal Sinus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
One of the paired, but seldom symmetrical, air spaces located between the inner and outer compact layers of the FRONTAL BONE in the forehead.
| Descriptor ID |
D005626
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A04.531.621.387
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Frontal Sinus" by people in Profiles.
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A Tender Subcutaneous Fluctuant Forehead Nodule: An Unexpected Foray Into the Cranium. Dermatol Surg. 2018 Sep; 44(9):1224-1227.
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Frontal sinus encephalocele: case report and review of literature. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Oct; 115(10):2174-7.
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A surgical modification for performing orbitozygomatic osteotomies: technical note. Neurosurg Rev. 2010 Oct; 33(4):491-500.
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Frontal bullosa: diagnosis and management of a new variant of frontal mucocele. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Jun; 136(6):625-8.
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A modified frontal-nasal-orbital approach to midline lesions of the anterior cranial fossa and skull base: technical note with case illustrations. Neurosurg Rev. 2010 Jan; 33(1):63-70.
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Techniques in frontal sinus fracture repair. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 May; 123(5):1578-1579.
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[Acute pneumococcal meningitis 3 1/2 years after skull base fracture]. Praxis (Bern 1994). 2005 May 25; 94(21):879-82.
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Intracranial complications of sinusitis: a pediatric series. Am J Rhinol. 1998 May-Jun; 12(3):173-8.
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An algorithm for management of residual posttraumatic calvarial defects in adults. J Craniomaxillofac Trauma. 1997; 3(1):36-45.
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Intracranial complications of sinusitis in children. A sequela of periapical abscess. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1982 Jan-Feb; 91(1 Pt 1):41-3.