Brain abscess formation in radiation necrosis of the temporal lobe following radiation therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 435-441

  Cheng, Kin Ming ^a   Chan, C M ^a   Fu, Y T ^a   Ho, L C ^a   Tsang, Y W ^a   Lee, M K ^a   Cheung, Y L ^a   Law, C K ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiation necrosis; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; SPHENOID SINUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0034091121     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050454     Document Type: Article

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