Parietal Bone Osteomyelitis with Brain Abscess in Traumatic Nonpenetrating Head Injury: An Uncommon Presentation

CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 2018; 07(01): 077-078
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1639384

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Authors

Mukesh Sharma

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Sunder Lal Hospital, IMS, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Praveen K. Gupta

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Sunder Lal Hospital, IMS, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Sharad Pandey

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Sunder Lal Hospital, IMS, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
K. Singh

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Sunder Lal Hospital, IMS, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Anurag Sahu

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Sunder Lal Hospital, IMS, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Deepak Kumar

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Sunder Lal Hospital, IMS, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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