"Maxillary 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,
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The air space located in the body of the MAXILLARY BONE near each cheek. Each maxillary sinus communicates with the middle passage (meatus) of the NASAL CAVITY on the same side.
| Descriptor ID |
D008443
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A04.531.621.578
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| Concept/Terms |
Maxillary Sinus- Maxillary Sinus
- Sinus, Maxillary
- Maxillary Antrum
- Antrum, Maxillary
- Antrums, Maxillary
- Maxillary Antrums
- Antrum of Highmore
- Highmore Antrum
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Maxillary Sinus" by people in Profiles.
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von Arx T, Lozanoff S, Bornstein MM. Extraoral anatomy in CBCT ? a literature review. Part 3: Retromaxillary region Swiss Dent J. 2020 Mar 09; 130(3):216-228.
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von Arx T, Lozanoff S, Bornstein MM. Extraoral anatomy in CBCT ? a literature review. Part 2: Zygomatico-orbital region Swiss Dent J. 2020 Feb 10; 130(2):126-138.
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Lim AA, Wong CW, Allen JC. Maxillary third molar: patterns of impaction and their relation to oroantral perforation. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2012 May; 70(5):1035-9.
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Gupta R, Singh S, Jain S, Mandal AK. Recurrent calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor of the maxilla: report of a case with cytologic diagnosis. Acta Cytol. 2006 Sep-Oct; 50(5):545-7.