Onset of uncomplicated cerebrospinal fluid fistula 27 years after head injury: Case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 132-133

  Salca, Horia C ^a,b   Danaila, Leon ^a  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b NONE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea; delayed onset; head injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; SUPERINFECTION;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SKULL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031019414     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(96)00393-X     Document Type: Article

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