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Pneumocephalus following treatment of Esthesioneuroblastoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

E.H. Klimek ,
R.L. Macdonald  and
J.H.N. Deck
E.H. Klimek*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Women's College Hospital,Department of Radiology, Toronto Hospital Corporation, (Western Division)
R.L. Macdonald
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
J.H.N. Deck
Affiliation:
Division of Neuropathology, Toronto Hospital Corporation, (General Division)
*
Women's College Hospital, 76 Grenville Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1B2
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Abstract:

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The course of a patient with an olfactory neuroblastoma treated with conventional doses of chemotherapeutic agents and radiotherapy is presented. The patient survived 34 months after tumour necrosis with resultant pneumocephalus requiring surgical intervention.

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Original Articles
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , August 1991 , pp. 358 - 360
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1991

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