Metastatic carcinoma mimicking a facial nerve schwannoma: The role of computerized tomography in diagnosis

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1010-1012

  Suryanarayanan, R ^a   Dezso, A ^a   Ramsden, R T ^a   Gillespie, J E ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed Tomography; Facial Nerve; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neoplasm Metastasis; Temporal Bone

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; HORMONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; LABORATORY TEST; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; MIDDLE EAR; NEURILEMOMA; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPHENOID; TEMPORAL BONE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EAR NEOPLASMS; EAR, INNER; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 29244460391     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221505775010788     Document Type: Article

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