Cavernous Angioma of the Internal Acoustic Meatus: Case Report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 847-851

  Sasaki, Tsutomu ^a   Sasaki, Tomio ^a   Okamoto, Kouichiro ^a   Ishida, Tsuyoshi ^b   Kirino, Takaaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

acoustic neurinoma; cavernous angioma; internal auditory meatus; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TINNITUS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EAR NEOPLASMS; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC;

EID: 0032763110     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.39.847     Document Type: Article

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