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The middle cranial base and cavernous sinus

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The middle cranial base can be divided into a medial portion, the sellar and the parasellar region, where the pituitary gland and cavernous sinus are located and a lateral portion, containing the middle cranial fossa and the upper surface of the temporal bone (Fig. 1). The focus of this paper is the cavernous sinus and adjacent parts of the middle cranial fossa [22, 23].

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    A. L. Rhoton Jr.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University Ljubljana Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Vinko V. Dolenc

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    Larry Rogers

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Rhoton, A.L. (2009). The middle cranial base and cavernous sinus. In: Dolenc, V.V., Rogers, L. (eds) Cavernous Sinus. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-72138-4_1

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