False-positive findings on magnetic resonance imaging mimicking vestibular schwannoma: Case illustration

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 733-

  Erdem, Atilla ^a   Uǧur, Hasan Çaǧlar ^a   Diren, Bariş ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Internal auditory canal; Magnetic resonance imaging; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0342803578     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.4.0733     Document Type: Article

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