Image-Guided Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Drainage of Select Petrous Apex Cholesterol Granulomas

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 939-941

  DiNardo, Laurence J ^a   Pippin, Gregory W ^a   Sismanis, Aristides ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol granuloma; Petrous apex; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED ENDOSCOPIC TRANSSPHENOIDAL DRAINAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PETROUS APEX CHOLESTEROL GRANULOMA; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPHENOID; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BONE DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; DRAINAGE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PETROUS BONE; SPHENOID SINUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0242692682     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200311000-00020     Document Type: Review

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