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cribriform

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cribriform [′krib·rə‚fȯrm]
(biology)
Perforated, like a sieve.


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Noncontrast computed tomography (CT) of the paranasal sinuses demonstrated extensive disease in the fight maxillary sinus, fight ethmoid sinus, and fight sphenoid sinus along with destruction of the lamina papyracea, displace ment of the globe, and erosion of the cribriform plate (figure).
T3: The tumor has invaded the orbital floor, maxillary sinus, palate, or cribriform plate.
Bone erosion accompanied the abnormal soft-tissue extension from the ethmoid air cells and frontal sinuses through the adjacent anterior cranial floor and cribriform plate.
 
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