TY - JOUR
T1 - Foreign-body reaction mimicking postneurosurgical infection after cranioplasty
AU - Brett-Major, David M.
AU - Baraniak, Sean M.
AU - Gilhooly, Jonathan E.
AU - Christensen, Rebecca L.
AU - Grant, Gerald T.
AU - Armonda, Rocco A.
AU - Ganesan, Anuradha
PY - 2008/7
Y1 - 2008/7
N2 - The case of a 57-year-old woman who suffered a fall is presented. After a polymethyl malacrylate revision cranioplasty, she presented with signs, symptoms, and intraoperative findings consistent with postneurosurgical infection. Dural foreign-body reaction was diagnosed, and parenteral antibiotic therapy was discontinued successfully.
AB - The case of a 57-year-old woman who suffered a fall is presented. After a polymethyl malacrylate revision cranioplasty, she presented with signs, symptoms, and intraoperative findings consistent with postneurosurgical infection. Dural foreign-body reaction was diagnosed, and parenteral antibiotic therapy was discontinued successfully.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=47749106422&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.7205/MILMED.173.7.697
DO - 10.7205/MILMED.173.7.697
M3 - Article
C2 - 18700607
AN - SCOPUS:47749106422
SN - 0026-4075
VL - 173
SP - 697
EP - 699
JO - Military Medicine
JF - Military Medicine
IS - 7
ER -