Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-2plfb Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-25T16:55:03.287Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

A radiological assessment of the usefulness of Macewen's triangle as a surgical landmark

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Catherine M. Milton*
Affiliation:
Senior Registrar, The Royal National Throat, Nose & Ear Hospital, Gray' Inn Road, London WC1X8DA.
Vincent C. Cousins
Affiliation:
Lecturer, Institute of Laryngology and Otology, 330 Gray' Inn Road, London WC1X8EE.
*
Miss C. M. Milton, F.R.C.S., Senior Registrar, The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray' Inn Road, London WC1X8DA.

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1986

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Barr, T. (1884) Manual of diseases of the Ear. Glasgow.Google Scholar
Browning, H. (1953) The confluence of dural venous sinues. American Journal of Anatomy, 93: 307CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kiesselbach, W. (1880) Archiv Ohrenheikunde, 15: 238CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Macewen, W. (1893) Pyogenic diseases of the Brain and Spinal Cord. James Maclehose and Sons.Google Scholar
Pickard, B. H. (1962) A re-examination of Macewen's triangle as a surface marking for the mastoid antrum. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 679682.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Troltsch, F. Von (1877) Lehrtuch der Ohren-heikunde, 6th ed. Leipzig.Google Scholar