Subdural empyema in a 12-year-old girl: The value of magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 258-260

  Maytal, Joseph ^a   Patel, Mahendra ^b   Apeatu, Samuel ^a   Schneider, Steven ^b   Eviatar, Lydia ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; DETERIORATION; DISORIENTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL SINUS; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LETHARGY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; VOMITING;

EID: 0029805087     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon199664258     Document Type: Article

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