Frontal sinus osteoma associated with cerebral abscess formation: A case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 235-239

  Summers, Lori E ^a   Mascott, Christopher R ^a   Tompkins, John R ^a   Richardson, Donald E ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Frontal sinus; Osteoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; BRAIN ABSCESS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; OSTEOMA; PLEOCYTOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN ABSCESS; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMA; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035024414     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(01)00344-5     Document Type: Article

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