Premeatal and retromeatal cerebellopontine angle meningioma. Two distinct clinical entities

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 465-471

  Schaller, B ^a   Merlo, A ^a   Gratzl, O ^a   Probst, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auditory function; Cerebellar signs; Cerebellopontine angle; Facial nerve function; Meningioma; Premeatal; Retromeatal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NERVE FUNCTION; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PONS ANGLE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0033045475     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050326     Document Type: Article

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