Intracranial abscess after anterior skull base defect: Does pneumocephalus play a role?

Rhinology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-292

  Becker, Samuel S ^a   Russell, Paul T ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Anterior; Defect; Intracranial; Pneumocephalus; Sinusitis; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL BASE;

BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; SKULL BASE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349694393     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4193/Rhin08.179     Document Type: Article

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