Meningeal carcinomatosis manifested as bilateral progressive sensorineural hearing loss

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 510-512

  Shen, Ting Yi ^a   Young, Yi Ho ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Meningeal carcinomatosis; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; GADOLINIUM; NAVELBINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DIZZINESS; FATAL OUTCOME; GADOLINIUM; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOISOTOPES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TINNITUS;

EID: 0033942966     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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