MR imaging of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea following the suboccipital approach to the cerebellopontine angle and the internal auditory canal: Report of two cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 336-340

  Kabuto, Masanori ^a   Kubota, Toshihiko ^a   Kobayashi, Hidenori ^a   Handa, Yuji ^a   Tuchida, Akira ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic schwannoma; cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea; magnetic resonance; suboccipital approach; temporal bone air cells

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0029932451     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0090-3019(95)00263-4     Document Type: Article

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