Acute orbital complications of sinusitis: The benefits of magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 324-326

  McIntosh, D ^a   Mahadevan, M ^a,b  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute Sinusitis; Complications; Computed Tomography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Orbit

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DECONGESTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALERTNESS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIPLOPIA; EMERGENCY WARD; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE SWELLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORBIT INFECTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SINUSITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; DRAINAGE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40549098998     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107007980     Document Type: Article

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