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Case report| Volume 30, ISSUE 2, P137-139, March 2006

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Petrous apicitis in a child: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings

  • Korgun Koral
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    Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 214 456 6216; fax: +1 214 456 6015.
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    Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, TX 75235, USA
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  • Michael Dowling
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    Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, TX 75235, USA
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      Abstract

      A case of petrous apicitis in a child is presented. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings of petrous apicitis and other petrous apex lesions are discussed.

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