"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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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Petrous Bone" by people in Profiles.
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Selman Y, Wood JW, Telischi FF, Casiano RR, Angeli SI. Development of cholesterol granuloma in a temporal bone petrous apex previously containing marrow exposed to air cells. Otol Neurotol. 2013 Jul; 34(5):958-60.
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Artz GJ, Rao VM, O'Reilly RC. Vertically oriented internal auditory canal in an 8-year-old with hearing loss. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2006 Jun; 70(6):1129-32.
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Park CH, Sataloff R, Richard M, Zhang J, Kim SM. Tc-99m MIBI brain SPECT of cerebellopontine angle tumors. Clin Nucl Med. 1996 May; 21(5):375-8.
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Brooks ML, Mayer DP, Sataloff RT, Myers DL, Spiegel JR, Ruiz S. Intracanalicular arachnoid cyst mimicking acoustic neuroma: CT and MRI. Comput Med Imaging Graph. 1992 Jul-Aug; 16(4):283-5.
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Sataloff RT, Myers DL, Roberts BR, Feldman MD, Mayer DP, Choi HY. Giant cholesterol cysts of the petrous apex. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1988 Apr; 114(4):451-3.