Unusual lesions of the cerebellopontine angle: A segmental approach

Radiographics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 419-438

  Bonneville, Fabrice ^a   Sarrazin, Jean Luc ^b   Marsot Dupuch, Kathlyn ^c   Iffenecker, Clément ^d   Cordoliani, Yves Sébastien ^b   Doyon, Dominique ^d   Bonneville, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^b University of Paris Descartes   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^d BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms, 154.30; Brain neoplasms, CT, 154.12112; Brain neoplasms, diagnosis, 154.30; Brain neoplasms, MR, 154.121411; Cerebellopontine angle, neoplasms, 154.30

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; NEUROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PONS ANGLE;

CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035292878     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.21.2.g01mr13419     Document Type: Article

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