Vertigo and hearing disturbance as the first sign of a glioblastoma (World Health Organization Grade IV)

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 174-177

  Licht, Anna Katharina ^a   Schulmeyer, Frank ^a   Allert, Max ^a   Held, Paul ^a   Woenckhaus, Matthias ^a   Strutz, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma; Hearing disturbance; Superior canal dehiscence syndrome; Surgery; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEARING DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; OTORRHEA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SKULL DEFECT; SUPERIOR CANAL DEHISCENCE SYNDROME; TUMOR GROWTH; VERTEBRA; VERTIGO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; EAR TUMOR; FATALITY; MASTOID; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; TINNITUS;

AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; EAR NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASTOID; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; TINNITUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTIGO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 3142768941     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200403000-00016     Document Type: Article

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