Greater superficial petrosal nerve neurinoma: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 691-696

  Kumon, Yoshiaki ^a   Sakaki, Saburo ^a   Ohta, Shinsuke ^a   Ohue, Shiro ^a   Nakagawa, Koh ^a   Tanaka, Kazunori ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Greater superficial petrosal nerve; Middle cranial fossa; Neurinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NEURINOMA; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYMPANOPLASTY;

EID: 0033494349     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.4.0691     Document Type: Article

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