Pneumocephalus as a delayed mastoidectomy complication

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-403

  Jégoux, Franck ^a   Godey, B ^a   Riffaud, L ^a   Morandi, X ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Encephalocoele; Mastoid; Meningocoele; Pneumocephalus; Surgical procedures, operative; Treatment complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MASTOIDECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCEPHALUS;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; EARACHE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MASTOID; MASTOIDITIS; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248146930     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107006135     Document Type: Article

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