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Pharyngeal recess
Anatomy of the human nose From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Behind the ostium of the eustachian tube (ostium pharyngeum tuba auditiva) is a deep recess, the pharyngeal recess (fossa of Rosenmüller).
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Clinical significance
At the base of this recess is the retropharyngeal lymph node (the node of Rouvière). This is clinically significant in that it may be involved in certain head and neck cancers, notably nasopharyngeal cancer.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1141 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- synd/2659 at Whonamedit?
- "Rosenmullers fossa". Medcyclopaedia. GE. Archived from the original on 2007-06-20.
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