Temporal bone fractures: a clinical diagnosis.
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Temporal bone fractures: a clinical diagnosis.
Temporal bone fractures may be complicated by intracranial haemorrhage, C.S.F. leakage and infection, damage to the middle and inner ear and damage to the seventh and eighth cranial nerves. Accurate early diagnosis is important to enable adequate investigation and prompt treatment of any complications. We present eight cases seen in a 12 month period in which a temporal bone fracture was not di...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1988
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.5.3.146