Supratentorial arachnoid cyst mimicking a Ménière's disease attack

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 728-730

  Buongiorno, Giuseppe ^a,b   Ricca, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arachnoid; Cysts; Diagnosis; Differential; M ni re's Disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; SITTING; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; WORKPLACE;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 0142089044     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221503322334602     Document Type: Article

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