Recurrent bacterial meningitis occurring five years after closed head injury and caused by an intranasal post-traumatic meningo-encephalocele

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Abstract
A case of atypical presentation of a post-traumatic intranasal meningo-encephalocele is described in a patient with a history of recurrent bacterial meningitis occurring 5 years after closed head injury. The usefulness of the CT and MRI findings in diagnostic evaluation of this lesion is emphasized.
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Authors Giunta G;Piazza I;;
Journal Postgraduate Medical Journal
Year 1991
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2068033
Keywords
Magnetic resonance imaging National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine adult female case reports Recurrence Tomography x-ray computed meningitis craniocerebral trauma / complications* pneumococcal / etiology* pmid:2068033 pmc2398824 doi:10.1136/pgmj.67.786.377 g giunta i piazza encephalocele / complications* encephalocele / diagnosis encephalocele / etiology meningocele / complications* meningocele / diagnosis meningocele / etiology

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