Cerebellopontine angle epidermoid tumor presenting with hemifacial spasms

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 288-289

  Desai, K ^a   Nadkarni, T ^a   Bhayani, R ^a   Goel, A ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; KERATIN;

ADULT; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PONS ANGLE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKULL SURGERY; TINNITUS; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0242442055     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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