Case 16: Facial nerve schwannoma with middle cranial fossa involvement

Radiology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 364-368

  Ginsberg, Lawrence E ^a   DeMonte, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis please; Gadolinium; Neoplasms; Nerves, facial; Schwannoma; Temporal bone; Temporal bone, CT; Temporal bone, MR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CRANIAL NERVE TUMOR; FACIAL NERVE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL BASE TUMOR;

ADULT; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURILEMMOMA; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032758206     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.213.2.r99nv47364     Document Type: Article

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