Conclusion
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The essential growth of the air cell system takes place in childhood before the age of 6 years. The size variation of the mastoid air cell system increases with age in both the sexes.
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The area of pneumatization is less than the Western figures in the age groups studied.
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The growth of the air cell system is terminated at an earlier age in females than in males.
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Out of 200 bones studied in the age group 5–10 years and 10–15 years, 3 percent are sclerotic. In 17.5% of the area of pneumatization of such that these could be called diploic and the remaining 79.5% are pneumatized.
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Arora, M.M.L., Sain, U. & Sodhi, J.S. Mastoid pneumatization in children—A roentgenographic planimetric study. Ind. J. Otol. 25, 87–90 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02993885
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