title: Agenesis of sphenoid sinuses.
abstract: A 22-year-old female patient presented to our hospital complaining of a headache. Evaluation with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated the absence of sphenoid sinus. Agenesis of sphenoid sinus is a rare entity; it usually occurs with syndromes. A case of sphenoid sinus agenesis without any anomaly or syndrome is reported.
authors.affiliation: University of Kocaeli, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Kocaeli, Turkey. drianik@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ihsan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Anik
authors.forename: Yonca
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Anik
authors.forename: Kenan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koc
authors.forename: Savas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ceylan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed