Large sixth nerve neuroma involving the prepontine region: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 608-610

  Okada, Yoshikazu ^a,c   Shima, Takeshi ^b   Nishida, Masahiro ^b   Okita, Shinji ^b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chugoku Rousai Hospital   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Condylar approach; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sixth nerve neuroma

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ABDUCENS NERVE; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NEURILEMMOMA; PONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0031018239     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199703000-00035     Document Type: Article

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