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Case Studies

Rhombencephalitis in cocaine-induced nasal septal perforation and skull base erosion

Shuo LiDepartment of Interventional Radiology, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0511-8545
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Gunjan GargDepartment of Radiology, Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut; Correspondence[email protected]
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Bobby GoyalDepartment of Physiology and Neuroscience, St. George’s University School of Medicine, Great River, New York; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-9920-9514
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Ahmed AbdelbakiDepartment of Radiology, Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut;
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Rahul HegdeDepartment of Radiology, Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut;
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Anil KumarDepartment of Neurology, Great Plains Health, North Platte, NebraskaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3333-8345
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Mark RosovskyDepartment of Radiology, Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut;
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Pages 82-84 | Received 27 Jul 2018, Accepted 08 Oct 2018, Published online: 24 Jan 2019

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