Lipoid meningitis due to aseptic necrosis of a free fat graft placed during neurotologic surgery

Laryngoscope

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1482-1486

  Hwang, Peter H ^a   Jackler, Robert K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029807548     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199612000-00007     Document Type: Article

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