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The paranasal sinuses are composed of seven bones (ethmoid, maxilla, palatine, lacrimal, pterygoid plate of sphenoid, nasal, and inferior turbinate), four paired sinuses (frontal, ethmoid, maxillary, and sphenoid), and complex networks of nervous, vascular, and lymphatic structures.
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Spratt, D.E., Lee, N.Y. (2014). Carcinoma of the Paranasal Sinuses. In: Lee, N.Y., Riaz, N., Lu, J.J. (eds) Target Volume Delineation for Conformal and Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2014_1006
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