Neurologia medico-chirurgica
Online ISSN : 1349-8029
Print ISSN : 0470-8105
ISSN-L : 0470-8105
Air Bubble Cavities in the Methyl Methacrylate Plate of Cranioplasty Acting as Site of Foci for Persistent Infection. Case Report
Akira YAMAURAHiroyasu MAKINO
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1979 Volume 19 Issue 1 Pages 35-38

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Abstract
The authors report a unique case of infected cranioplasty with perforated air bubble cavities in the acrylic plate, which were acting as sites for recurrent and persistent infection. Computerized tomography was the most useful diagnostic measure to detect the subclinical fluctuating process of chronic epidural empyema.
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