Contralateral Deafness Following Unilateral Suboccipital Brain Tumor Surgery in a Patient with Large Vestibular Aqueduct: —Case Report—

Neurologia medico-chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 871-874

  Nishioka, Tatsuya ^a   Ishikawa, Masatsune ^a   Kondo, Akinori ^a   Fukushima, Hideyuki ^a  

^a Kitano Medical Research Institute and Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

cerebellopontine angle tumor; contralateral deafness; large vestibular aqueduct; unilateral suboccipital approach

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COCHLEA INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT;

AGED; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; DEAFNESS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VESTIBULAR AQUEDUCT;

EID: 0032431154     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.871     Document Type: Article

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