Cholesterol granuloma of the petrous apex: Establishment of a drainage route into the superior tympanic cavity - Technical note

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 662-665

  Kamiguchi, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Kawase, Takeshi ^a   Toya, Shigeo ^a   Inoue, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cholesterol granuloma; drainage; middle cranial fossa approach; petrous apex

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; PETROUS BONE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 0029784744     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.36.662     Document Type: Article

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