Delayed post-traumatic frontal sinus mucopyocoele presenting with meningitis

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 502-504

  Cultrera, Francesco ^a   Giuffrida, Massimiliano ^a   Mancuso, Pietro ^a  

^a Clinica Villa Azzurra   (Italy)

Author keywords

anatomy; frontal sinus; mucopyocele; surgery; trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOCELE; FACE INJURY; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINGITIS; MUCOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PEDIATRICS; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION;

ADULT; CRANIAL FOSSA, ANTERIOR; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRANIOTOMY; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MUCOCELE; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES;

EID: 33845425676     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2006.07.863     Document Type: Article

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