Meningiomas of the cerebellopontine angle

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 439-447

  Voss, Nicholas F ^a   Vrionis, Fotios D ^a,b   Heilman, Carl B ^c   Robertson, Jon H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SEMMES MURPHEY NEUROLOGIC AND SPINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cerebellopontine angle; Hearing preservation; Internal auditory canal; Meningioma; Posterior fossa; Skull base; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034043481     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(00)00195-6     Document Type: Article

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