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pterygopalatine fossa

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pterygopalatine fossa [¦ter·ə·gō′pal·ə‚tēn ′fäs·ə]
(anatomy)
The gap between the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and the maxilla and palatine bone.
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10) Endoscopic and endoscopic-assisted surgery have become popular, (11) and several authors advocate this approach for tumors confined to the nasal cavity, sinuses, and pterygopalatine fossa.
Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma: spontaneous resolution by Spielmann, Patrick M.; Adamson, Richard; Cheng, Kenneth; Sanderson, Robert J. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
The target is the sphenopalatine ganglion, which is located in the pterygopalatine fossa, posterior to the middle turbinate and inferior to the maxillary nerve.
Use of intranasal lidocaine may relieve migraine by Kirn, Timothy F. / Clinical Psychiatry News
3) Many studies have indicated that JNA originates in the pterygopalatine fossa at the aperture of the pterygoid canal.
Transnasal endoscopic resection of juvenile nasopharyngeal ... by Borghei, Peyman; Baradaranfar, Mohammad Hossein; Borghei, Seyed Hebatodin; Sokhandon, Farnoosh / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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