A case of frontal lobe abscess as a complication of frontal sinus ossifying fibroma

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 447-450

  Firat, Yezdan ^a,b   Firat, A K ^a   Karakas H M ^a   Onal C ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Computed tomography; Frontal sinus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ossifying fibroma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFYING FIBROMA; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BRAIN ABSCESS; FIBROMA, OSSIFYING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL SINUS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845431161     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/28037887     Document Type: Article

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