Orbital and intracranial complications of acute sinusitis

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 511-526

  Hoxworth, Joseph M ^a   Glastonbury, Christine M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Cellulitis; Intracranial complications; Orbit; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE SINUSITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASE; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EYE DISEASE; EYE EDEMA; EYE INFLAMMATION; FOLLOW UP; FOREHEAD SUBPERIOSTEAL ABSCESS; FUNGAL SINUSITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL SUPPURATION; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT CELLULITIS; ORBIT INFECTION; ORBITAL ABSCESS; PATHOGENESIS; POSTSEPTAL CELLULITIS; POTT PUFFY TUMOR; PRESEPTAL CELLULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SUBPERIOSTEAL ABSCESS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ABSCESS; HUMANS; ORBITAL DISEASES; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77958158164     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2010.07.004     Document Type: Review

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