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Table 4 Ligament thickness and foramen size

From: Skull base ligamentous mineralisation: evaluation using computed tomography and a review of the clinical relevance

 

Ligament thickness

Mean foramen size

Mean (mm)

SD (mm)

Mean (mm2)

SD (mm2)

Range (mm2)

Interclinoid

1.8

0.5

75.2

22

43–142

Caroticoclinoid

1.8

0.8

25.3

4.4

24–40

Petrosphenoid

1.1

0.5

7.2

5.5

2–18

Petroclinoid

1.3

0.5

39

14.5

24–60

Pterygospinous

0.95

0.3

39.9

32.9

2–112

Pterygoalar

1.2

0.4

13.3

7.2

4–25

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