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Endoscopic transnasal approach to the pterygopalatine fossa.
OBJECTIVE To describe an endoscopic transnasal approach to the pterygopalatine fossa (PPF). DESIGN Case series of 3 patients. SETTING An academic medical center. Patients One patient presented with an asymptomatic PPF schwannoma. The second patient presented after a sudden onset of complete unilateral vision loss with a complete ipsilateral sphenoid sinus opacification and radiographic sign...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: MedEdPORTAL
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2374-8265
DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.9176