Schwannomas limited to the infratemporal fossa: Report of two cases

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-277

  Krishnamurthy, Satish ^a   Holmes, Brian ^a   Powers, Stephen K ^a,b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 laser; Infratemporal fossa surgery; Orbitozygomatic approach; Schwannoma; Subtemporal infratemporal approach; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAXILLARY SINUS; NERVE FUNCTION; NEURILEMOMA; ORBIT; PHARYNX; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TEMPORAL BONE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0031883501     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005827010429     Document Type: Article

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