Orbital dermoid cyst and sinus tract presenting with acute infection

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 465-467

  Wells, Timothy S ^a   Harris, Gerald J ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; SULBACTAM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EYEBROW; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ORBIT; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURFACE; SPHENOID; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERATOMA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELLULITIS; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; DERMOID CYST; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10044238053     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.IOP.0000144789.04263.19     Document Type: Article

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