a 64 year old women comes to the physician because of the gradual decrease of her sense of taste and smell during the past 6 months . she has not had dryness of her eyes or nasal or oral membranes .physical examination including head and neck examination shows no abnormalities .A CT scan of the head shows a mass in the anterior ethmoidal air cells bilaterally . this patient’s tumor most likely has invaded which of the following structures . A) cavernous, B) cribriform plate, C) facial canal, D) petrotympanic fissures , e) pterygold canal.

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a 64 year old women comes to the physician because of the gradual decrease of her sense of taste and smell during the past 6 months . she has not had dryness of her eyes or nasal or oral membranes .physical examination including head and neck examination shows no abnormalities .A CT scan of the head shows a mass in the anterior ethmoidal air cells bilaterally . this patient’s tumor most likely has invaded which of the following structures . A) cavernous, B) cribriform plate, C) facial canal, D) petrotympanic fissures , e) pterygold canal.
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