Cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 385-389

  Kriss, Timothy C ^a   Kriss, Vesna Martich ^a   Warf, Benjamin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Sinus thrombosis; Thrombophlebitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; NAFCILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ETHMOIDECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; SPHENOID SINUSITIS;

EID: 0029939721     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199608000-00031     Document Type: Article

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