Epidural Intracranial Abscess as a Complication of Frontal Sinusitis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 279-282

  Fountas, Kostas N ^a,b   Duwayri, Yazan ^a   Kapsalaki, Eftychia ^a   Dimopoulos, Vassilios G ^a   Johnston, Kim W ^a   Peppard, Sean B ^a   Robinson, Joe S ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Georgia Neurosurgical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Epidural; Frontal sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CRANIOTOMY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 1642418134     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000117331.31320.83     Document Type: Review

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