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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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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| spelling | doaj-art-db3197ad41fd43269c4f38b740c713412025-01-04T15:59:34ZengLondon Academic PublishingRomanian Neurosurgery1220-88412344-49592024-12-01384Intracranial gas containing epidural abscess in a closed traumatic head injuryEmmanuel SundayEno-Abasi Garba Sunday 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. http://journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/2764aerocelenon-foul smelly culture negative abscesstraditional practice |
| spellingShingle | Emmanuel Sunday Eno-Abasi Garba Sunday Intracranial gas containing epidural abscess in a closed traumatic head injury Romanian Neurosurgery aerocele non-foul smelly culture negative abscess traditional practice |
| title | Intracranial gas containing epidural abscess in a closed traumatic head injury |
| title_full | Intracranial gas containing epidural abscess in a closed traumatic head injury |
| title_fullStr | Intracranial gas containing epidural abscess in a closed traumatic head injury |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intracranial gas containing epidural abscess in a closed traumatic head injury |
| title_short | Intracranial gas containing epidural abscess in a closed traumatic head injury |
| title_sort | intracranial gas containing epidural abscess in a closed traumatic head injury |
| topic | aerocele non-foul smelly culture negative abscess traditional practice |
| url | http://journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/2764 |
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