Myospherulosis following sinus surgery: Pathological curiosity or important clinical entity?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1123-1127

  Sindwani, Raj ^a   Cohen, Jacob T ^a,b   Pilch, Ben Z ^a   Metson, Ralph B ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipid based ointments; Myospherulosis; Postoperative adhesions; Revision sinus surgery

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID VESICLE; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MYOSPHERULOSIS; OINTMENT; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION;

EID: 0038165074     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200307000-00005     Document Type: Article

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