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Intracranial pneumocephalus (secondary to frontoethmoidal osteoma)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. Ferlito*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Padua University, Padua, Italy.
G. Pesavento
Affiliation:
Division of Otolaryngology, St Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
G. Recher
Affiliation:
Division of Otolaryngology, St Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
S. Mingrino
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Padua Hospital, Padua, Italy
A. Visoná
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, St Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
D.L. Fiore
Affiliation:
Division of Neuroradiology, Padua Hospital, Padua, Italy
C. Macchi
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Padua University, Padua, Italy.
*
Prof. A. Ferlito, Department of Otolaryngology, Nuovo Policlinico, via Giustriniani 2, 35100 Padova, Italy.

Abstract

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View from Inside (Radiology in Focus)
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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