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Mastoidectomy - series: Normal anatomy

Mastoidectomy - seriesIllustrations:

Normal anatomy

Indications

Procedure

Mastoid air cells are open, air-containing spaces in one of the skull bones.

Update Date: 2/19/2007

Updated by: Alden J. Pearl, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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