The silent epidural abscess as a complication of acute otitis media in children

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-166

  Bizakis, John G ^a   Velegrakis, George A ^a   Papadakis, Chariton E ^a   Karampekios, Spyros K ^a   Helidonis, Emmanuel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Computed tomography; Epidural abscess; Mastoiditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MASTOIDITIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032476149     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(98)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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