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Subdural Empyema with Negative C.T. Scan: A Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

D.J. Wortzman ,
W.S. Tucker ,
D.M. Finlayson ,
R.S. McPhedran  and
R. Gershater
D.J. Wortzman
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine and Radiology, North York General Hospital, and the Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
W.S. Tucker*
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine and Radiology, North York General Hospital, and the Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
D.M. Finlayson
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine and Radiology, North York General Hospital, and the Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
R.S. McPhedran
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine and Radiology, North York General Hospital, and the Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
R. Gershater
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine and Radiology, North York General Hospital, and the Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
*
38 Shuter Street, Toronto M5B 1A6 Ontario, Canada
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Subdural empyema is a serious intracranial infection. C. T. scanning is the most accurate examination method in this disease. Increasing reliance on C. T. scanning makes it important to realize that even an enhanced scan may produce a false negative result, as outlined in this case.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , February 1980 , pp. 67 - 69
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1980

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