Subdural Empyema: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

subdural empyema, circumscript meningitis, cortical abscess, pachymeningitis interna, phlegmonous meningitis, purulent pachymeningitis, subdural abscess, SE, focal intracranial infections

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