Incidental Discovery of Sphenoid Sinuses Agenesis: A Report of Two Cases in Benin, West Africa
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- 1 January 2019
- journal article
- Published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. in Advances in Molecular Imaging
- Vol. 09 (01), 1-5
- https://doi.org/10.4236/ami.2019.91001
Abstract
Sphenoid sinuses are carved into the body of the sphenoid bone. They are probably the most variably pneumatized structures of the skull. They begin their pneumatization at the age of three and finished at adolescence. Several anatomic variants of sphenoid sinuses have been described in the literature. The agenesis of sphenoid sinuses in adults is very rarely found. We report two incidental cases of sphenoid sinuses agenesis discovered on CT scan in Benin, West Africa.Keywords
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