Intratemporal facial nerve schwannoma: A management dilemma

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-126

  Perez, Ronen ^a   Chen, Joseph M ^a   Nedzelski, Julian M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Facial nerve function; Facial nerve schwannoma; Observation; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE FUNCTION; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL NEOPLASMS; TEMPORAL BONE; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 12344286179     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200501000-00022     Document Type: Review

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