MRI and CT findings of infected cephalhaematoma complicated by skull vault osteomyelitis, transverse venous sinus thrombosis and cerebellar haemorrhage

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 376-379

  Chan, Monica S M ^a   Wong, Yiu Chung ^a   Lau, Shirley P C ^a   Lau, Kit Yu ^a   Ou, Yvonne ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cephalhaematoma; CT; Infection; MRI; Sinus thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; SEPSIS; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 0036944633     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-001-0647-6     Document Type: Article

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