Necrotizing fasciitis of the head and neck: Role of CT in diagnosis and management

Radiology

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 471-476

  Becker, Minerva ^a   Zbären, Peter ^b   Hermans, Robert ^c   Becker, Christoph D ^a   Marchal, Francis ^a   Kurt, Anne Marie ^a   Marré, Susanne ^b   Rüfenacht, Daniel A ^a   Terrier, François ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fasciitis; Mediastinitis; Neck, CT; Neck, infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

EID: 1842376943     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.202.2.9015076     Document Type: Article

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