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Lateral sinus thrombosis in the eighties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

F. Debruyne*
Affiliation:
Leuven, Belgium
*
Dr. Frans Debruyne, Staff Otolaryngologist, University of Leuven, Capucienenvoer 7, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.

Abstract

In spite of the increasing use of more efficient medical therapy, different types of otogenic intracranial complications continue to occur.

A detailed description of two cases of lateral sinus thrombosis illustrates that its present-day clinical course can differ from the traditional clinical picture of the disease.

Type
Clinical records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

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