Intracranial gas containing epidural abscess in a closed traumatic head injury
This paper is intended as an illustrative teaching case. It presents a prototype of a closed traumatic head injury with left frontal convexity extra-axial gas containing abscess, not conclusive on CT scan. The diagnosis was, however, made intra-operatively. It went further to discuss the diagnostic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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London Academic Publishing
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Romanian Neurosurgery |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/2764 |
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| Summary: | This paper is intended as an illustrative teaching case. It presents a prototype of a closed traumatic head injury with left frontal convexity extra-axial gas containing abscess, not conclusive on CT scan. The diagnosis was, however, made intra-operatively. It went further to discuss the diagnostic challenges and management pearls of such patients and concluded with a few pertinent take-home messages.
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| ISSN: | 1220-8841 2344-4959 |