Cervical sympathetic schwannoma: A case report and review of the english literature

Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 1997, Pages S206-S210

  Sheridan, Mark F ^a   Yim, Donald W S ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURILEMMOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031451391     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(97)70104-9     Document Type: Article

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