Neurological complications with acute sphenoid sinusitis a surgical emergency?

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-171

  Poulopoulos, Markos ^a   Finelli, Pasquale F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT imaging; MR imaging; Severe headache; Sphenoid sinusitis; Sphenoidotomy

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CEFEPIME; CLINDAMYCIN; HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRAINAGE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SPHENOID SINUSITIS;

EID: 36949040364     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-007-0036-6     Document Type: Article

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