Huge osteoma of the frontoethmoidal sinus with secondary brain abscess

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-287

  Koyuncu, Mehmet ^a   Belet, Ümit ^a   Şeşen, Teoman ^a   Tanyeri, Yücel ^a   Şimşek, Mahmut ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Osteoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRONTAL SINUS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMA; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; ETHMOID SINUS; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOMA; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PARANASAL SINUSES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034019210     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(00)00063-8     Document Type: Article

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