Subdural Empyema Complicating Sinusitis

Abstract Acute sinusitis is a common childhood illness most often involving the ethmoid and maxillary sinuses. Diagnosis is usually based on a history of an upper respiratory tract infection lasting longer than 7 days with a prominent nasal component. Treatment involves 10–14 days of antibiotics. In...

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Published in:The Journal of emergency medicine 2008-10, Vol.35 (3), p.277-281
Main Authors: Waseem, Muhammad, MD, Khan, Saqiba, MD, Bomann, Scott, MD
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Adolescent
brain abscess
Emergency
Empyema, Subdural - diagnostic imaging
Empyema, Subdural - etiology
Empyema, Subdural - surgery
Ethmoid Sinusitis - complications
Ethmoid Sinusitis - diagnostic imaging
Frontal Sinusitis - complications
Frontal Sinusitis - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
sinusitis
subdural empyema
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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subdural empyema
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