"Petrous Bone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The dense rock-like part of temporal bone that contains the INNER EAR. Petrous bone is located at the base of the skull. Sometimes it is combined with the MASTOID PROCESS and called petromastoid part of temporal bone.
| Descriptor ID |
D010579
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.885.681
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| Concept/Terms |
Petrous Bone- Petrous Bone
- Bone, Petrous
- Bones, Petrous
- Petrous Bones
- Petrous Pyramid
- Petrous Pyramids
- Pyramid, Petrous
- Pyramids, Petrous
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Petrous Bone" by people in Profiles.
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Endoscope-Assisted Visualization of the Internal Auditory Canal Using the Middle Fossa Approach. Otol Neurotol. 2023 09 01; 44(8):822-825.
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Limited Intradural Anterior Petrosectomy for Upper Basilar Aneurysms: A Technical Note. World Neurosurg. 2021 05; 149:111-116.
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Endoscopic endonasal transpterygoid approach to petrous pathologies: technique, limitations and alternative approaches. J Neurosurg Sci. 2018 Jun; 62(3):339-346.
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Petroclival Chondrosarcoma: A Multicenter Review of 55 Cases and New Staging System. Otol Neurotol. 2016 08; 37(7):940-50.
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The Natural History and Management of Petrous Apex Cholesterol Granulomas. Otol Neurotol. 2015 Dec; 36(10):1714-9.
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Spontaneous resolution of a petrous apex cholesterol granuloma. Am J Otolaryngol. 2016 Sep-Oct; 37(5):452-4.
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Decreased calcification of a petroclival meningioma after gamma knife radiosurgery. BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Jul 08; 2014.
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An easy adjustable method of ectatic vertebrobasilar artery transposition for microvascular decompression. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2012 Sep; 114(7):951-6.
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Invasive cerebrospinal fluid cysts and cephaloceles of the petrous apex. Otol Neurotol. 2006 Dec; 27(8):1131-41.
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Assessing age-related ossification of the petro-occipital fissure: laying the foundation for understanding the clinicopathologies of the cranial base. Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol. 2005 Jan; 282(1):38-48.