Spontaneous otogenic pneumocephalus

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 300-302

  Maier, Wolfgang ^a   Fradis, Milo ^b   Scheremet, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

mastoid pneumatization; middle ear; pneumocephalus; Valsalva's maneuver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MASTOID; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0029937763     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949610500411     Document Type: Article

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