Frontal sinus actinomycosis presenting as osteomyelitis of frontal bone

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 544-545

  Wadhera, Raman ^a   Gulati, S P ^a   Garg, Ajay ^a   Ghai, Anju ^b   Kumar, Sanjay ^b  

^a Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

^b POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; FRONTAL SINUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40849097604     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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