Teflon granuloma of the skull base: A complication of endonasal brain surgery

Skull Base

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-252

  Soose, Ryan J ^a   Snyderman, Carl H ^a   Kassam, Amin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endonasal neurosurgery; Meningioma; Skull base; Teflon granuloma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FIBRIN GLUE; NAFCILLIN; POLITEF; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MENINGIOMA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPILLEDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE TUMOR; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TAMPON; TISSUE GRAFT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 34548613471     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-984492     Document Type: Article

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