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pterygomaxillary

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pterygomaxillary /pter·y·go·max·il·lary/ (-mak´sĭ-lar″e) pertaining to the pterygoid process and the maxilla.
pter·y·go·max·il·lar·y (tr-g-mks-lr)
adj.
Relating to the pterygoid process and the maxilla.
pterygomaxillary
[-mak′siler′ē]
Etymology: Gk, pteryx, wing, eidos, form; L, maxilla, jaw
pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the maxilla.
pterygomaxillary [ter″ĭ-go-mak´sĭ-ler″e]
pertaining to a pterygoid process and the maxilla.
pterygomaxillary
pertaining to a pterygoid process and the maxilla.
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4,8-10) Other findings include occlusion of the maxillary sinus infundibulum (secondary to retraction of the uncinate process against the inferomedial orbital wall), an enlarged middle meatus with lateral retraction of the middle turbinate, deviation of the nasal septum, and an increase of adipose tissue in the pterygomaxillary fossa.
Enophthalmos in silent sinus syndrome by Gomez, Juan; Villafane, Fernando Gomez; Palacios, Enrique / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
MRI showed a markedly enhancing lesion extending into the pterygomaxillary and infratemporal fossae and nasal cavity through the sphenopalatine foramen (figure, A).
Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma: spontaneous resolution by Spielmann, Patrick M.; Adamson, Richard; Cheng, Kenneth; Sanderson, Robert J. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
The complications and presenting symptoms of cholesteatoma, which may occur as a result of the interplay between bone erosion and infection, are determined by the anatomic relationship of the maxillary antrum (including the orbit, nasal cavity, teeth, and mouth) and the pterygomaxillary space.
Cholesteatoma of the maxillary sinus by Karthik, Shamanna / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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