Giant pyocele in the anterior intracranial fossa - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 499-502

  Nakayama, Toshiyuki ^a   Mori, Kentaro ^a   Maeda, Minoru ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frontal sinus; Mucocele; Pyocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRONTAL SINUS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031693309     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.499     Document Type: Article

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