[Symptomatic frontal pneumoencephaly secondary to fibrous dysplasia of the sinus].

نویسندگان

  • Raquel Artal
  • Angel Urpegui
  • José Ignacio Alfonso
  • Héctor Vallés
چکیده

Please cite this article as: Artal R, et al. Neumoencéfalo frontal sintomático secundario a displasia fibrosa sinusal. Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp. 2011;62:251--2. ∗ Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (R. Artal). with ideational slowness, motor aphasia, agraphia, acalculia and worsening of the headache. He underwent a brain CT scan, which revealed significant pneumocephalus in the left frontal area, with occupation of both frontal sinuses by a lesion (Fig. 1).

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Acta otorrinolaringologica espanola

دوره 62 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011