Presacral neuroenteric fistula presenting with meningitis and vaginal fistula: A case report

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1558-1560

  Durham, Megan M ^a   Chahine, A Alfred ^a   Ricketts, Richard R ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic meningitis; Neuroenteric fistula; Presacral cyst; Sacral bone defect; Split notochord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; MENINGITIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SCHOOL CHILD; VAGINA DISEASE;

EID: 0031724566     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(98)90498-5     Document Type: Article

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