Aspergillosis of the petrous apex

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-319

  Rushton, Philip ^a   Batcock, Tim ^b   Denning, Anne ^c   Herbetko, John ^b   Hillier, Charles ^b   Nicholas, David ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Elderly; Otitis media; Petrous aspicitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; EXCISION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GAZE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OTITIS MEDIA; PETROUS BONE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TROCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PETROUS BONE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2442419777     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh092     Document Type: Article

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