"Pterygopalatine Fossa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A small space in the skull between the MAXILLA and the SPHENOID BONE, medial to the pterygomaxillary fissure, and connecting to the NASAL CAVITY via the sphenopalatine foramen.
| Descriptor ID |
D056739
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.670
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pterygopalatine Fossa" by people in Profiles.
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Crespi J, Bratbak D, Dodick DW, Matharu M, Jamtøy KA, Tronvik E. Pilot Study of Injection of OnabotulinumtoxinA Toward the Sphenopalatine Ganglion for the Treatment of Classical Trigeminal Neuralgia. Headache. 2019 09; 59(8):1229-1239.
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Crespi J, Bratbak D, Dodick D, Matharu M, Jamtøy KA, Aschehoug I, Tronvik E. Measurement and implications of the distance between the sphenopalatine ganglion and nasal mucosa: a neuroimaging study. J Headache Pain. 2018 Feb 13; 19(1):14.
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Bratbak DF, Nordgård S, Stovner LJ, Linde M, Dodick DW, Aschehoug I, Folvik M, Tronvik E. Pilot study of sphenopalatine injection of onabotulinumtoxinA for the treatment of intractable chronic migraine. Cephalalgia. 2017 Apr; 37(4):356-364.
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Ansarinia M, Rezai A, Tepper SJ, Steiner CP, Stump J, Stanton-Hicks M, Machado A, Narouze S. Electrical stimulation of sphenopalatine ganglion for acute treatment of cluster headaches. Headache. 2010 Jul; 50(7):1164-74.