An unusual case of a foreign body (air gun pellet) in the Ptergomaxillary Fissure

CME Bulletin Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 102-104

  Duvvi, S K ^a,b   Chatrath, P ^a   Gatland, D J ^a  

^a SOUTHEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign body; Ptergomaxillary fissure

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; PARANASAL SINUS; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 28644445188     PISSN: 13648829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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