Cavernous sinus anatomy as a basis for interpretation of the clinical picture and radiological investigations in a case of entomophthorales infection

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 535-539

  Hoogendijk, C F ^a   Pretorius, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus anatomy; Conidiobolus coronatus; Cranial nerves; Mucormycosis; Zygomycetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUCORALES; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CRANIAL NERVES; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 33750018570     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20286     Document Type: Article

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