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Frontal sinus osteoma with pneumocephalus: A rare cause of progressive hemiparesis

Osteomas of paranasal sinuses are common benign tumors and are diagnosed incidentally. However, osteomas complicated by pneumocephalus with air fluid level presenting with progressive hemiparesis is rare. Here, we present a case report of a 22-year-old male who presented with left-sided progressive...

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Autores principales: Umredkar, Ashwini Bakde, Disawal, Amit, Anand, Aarti, Gaur, Prajwalit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5385774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28515584
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.202972
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Sumario:Osteomas of paranasal sinuses are common benign tumors and are diagnosed incidentally. However, osteomas complicated by pneumocephalus with air fluid level presenting with progressive hemiparesis is rare. Here, we present a case report of a 22-year-old male who presented with left-sided progressive hemiparesis with history of generalized headache since 2 years.