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Research ArticleHead and Neck Imaging

A Retrospective Analysis of Spontaneous Sphenoid Sinus Fistula: MR and CT Findings

Prashant G. Shetty, Manu M. Shroff, Girish M. Fatterpekar, Dushyant V. Sahani and Milind V. Kirtane
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2000, 21 (2) 337-342;
Prashant G. Shetty
aFrom the Departments of Imaging (P.G.S., M.M.S., G.M.F., D.V.S.) and Otolaryngology (M.V.K.), P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, India.
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Manu M. Shroff
aFrom the Departments of Imaging (P.G.S., M.M.S., G.M.F., D.V.S.) and Otolaryngology (M.V.K.), P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, India.
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Girish M. Fatterpekar
aFrom the Departments of Imaging (P.G.S., M.M.S., G.M.F., D.V.S.) and Otolaryngology (M.V.K.), P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, India.
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Dushyant V. Sahani
aFrom the Departments of Imaging (P.G.S., M.M.S., G.M.F., D.V.S.) and Otolaryngology (M.V.K.), P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, India.
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Milind V. Kirtane
aFrom the Departments of Imaging (P.G.S., M.M.S., G.M.F., D.V.S.) and Otolaryngology (M.V.K.), P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, India.
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Prashant G. Shetty, Manu M. Shroff, Girish M. Fatterpekar, Dushyant V. Sahani, Milind V. Kirtane
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