Otogenic pneumocephalus in a patient with an idiopathic mastoid defect

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 228-230

  Keller, J ^a   Rothschild, M A ^a   Ullman, J S ^a   Bederson, J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTOID; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; SKULL BASE;

EID: 0031037526     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(97)70330-9     Document Type: Article

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