Meningeal carcinomatosis: An unusual cause of deafness

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-121

  Morgan, M K ^a   Zammit Maempel, I ^a   Hill, J ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic nerve; Meningeal neoplasms; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SYMPTOM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; KRUKENBERG TUMOR; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031744627     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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