Pneumocephalus associated with fracture of thoracic spine: Case report

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-256

  Uemura, K ^a   Meguro, K ^b   Matsumura, A ^b  

^a Tsukuba Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fracture of the thoracic spine; Pneumocephalus

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FISTULA; HUMAN; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030954336     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699746366     Document Type: Article

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