A case of delayed brain abscess due to a retained intracranial wooden foreign body: A case report and review of the last 20 years

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 847-850

  Nishio, Yoichi ^a   Hayashi, N ^a   Hamada, H ^a   Hirashima, Y ^a   Endo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Intracranial; Peri orbital wounds; Wooden foreign body

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN FOREIGN BODY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; CRANIOTOMY; EYELID; FEMALE; FEVER; FOREIGN BODY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOOD;

EID: 3543094380     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0283-7     Document Type: Review

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