A rare clinical entity: Pott's puffy tumor

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 156-158

  Baǧdatoǧlu, Celal ^a,b   Güleryüz, Adil ^a   Ersöz, Gülden ^a   Talas, Derya Ü ^a   Kandemir, Özlem ^a   Köksel, Turgut ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b GMK Bulv   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Frontal abscess; Pott's puffy tumor; Sinusitis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARANASAL SINUSITIS; PERIOSTEUM; POTT PUFFY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 17544400963     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056011     Document Type: Article

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