Adult growing skull fracture mimicking a skull tumor

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 545-546

  Weinberg, J S ^a   LeRoux, P D ^a   Panasci, D ^a   Weiner, H L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Growing skull fracture; Head trauma; Skull fracture; Skull tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL TUMOR;

CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DURA MATER; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; SKULL FRACTURES; SKULL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032968754     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050340     Document Type: Article

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