Canalolithiasis of the superior semicircular canal: An anomaly in benign paroxysmal vertigo

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1055-1062

  Schratzenstaller, Bruno ^a   Wagner Manslau, Carola ^b   Strasser, Gerhard ^a   Arnold, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Dachau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atypical paroxysmal vertigo; Canalolithiasis; High resolution MRI; Superior semicircular canal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; CANALOLITHIASIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; STONE FORMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADULT; ENDOLYMPH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LITHIASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VERTIGO;

EID: 27144510602     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480510037023     Document Type: Article

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