Greater wing of sphenoid bone

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Published in Rui Diogo, Drew M. Noden, Christopher M. Smith, Julia Molnar, Julia C. Boughner, Claudia Barrocas, Joana Bruno, Understanding Human Anatomy and Pathology, 2018

Rui Diogo, Drew M. Noden, Christopher M. Smith, Julia Molnar, Julia C. Boughner, Claudia Barrocas, Joana Bruno

The boundaries of the infratemporal fossa (Plate 3.29) are: lateral— mandibular ramus; anterior—infratemporal surface of maxilla; medial—lat-eral plate of pterygoid process; roof—greater wing of sphenoid bone. The temporalis—and associated temporal fascia (which is deep to the superficial temporal vessels and the auriculotemporal nerve)—and masseter are the most superficial (lateral) muscles of the temporal region. The lateral pterygoid muscle and medial pterygoid muscles are deep to the mandible; these are all muscles of the 1st arch, described in Section 3.4.1.

Solitary neurofibroma of the orbit with intracerebral extension associated with ocular surface melanocytoma: a case report

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Published in Orbit, 2020

Mansooreh Jamshidian-Tehrani, Raziyeh Mahmoudzadeh, Esmaeil Asadi Khameneh, Fahimeh Asadi Amoli, Morteza Faghih Jouibari, Abolfazl Kasaee, Hadi Ghadimi

The patient had dysplasia of greater wing of sphenoid bone and one neurofibroma, which was classified as diffuse neurofibroma. His neurofibroma was not plexiform and he did not have any other diagnostic criteria for NF-1.8 Therefore he did not have Von Recklinghausen’s disease according to NIH consensus guidelines8 and his neurofibroma is classified as solitary. In the absence of other features of neurofibromatosis, the diagnosis of these solitary tumors is more difficult and they may be mistaken for schwannomas and other orbital tumors.9,10

Greater wing of sphenoid bone

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