Cholesterol granulomas of the petrous apex: Combined neurosurgical and otological management

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 625-633

  Brodkey, Jason A ^a   Robertson, Jon H ^b   Shea III, John J ^b   Gardner, Gale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cerebellopontine angle; cholesteatoma; cholesterol granuloma; epidermoid cyst; petrous temporal bone; skull base tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; OTALGIA; PARESTHESIA; PETROUS BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

EID: 0029818420     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.4.0625     Document Type: Article

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