Occult contralateral congenital cholesteatoma: Is the epidermoid formation theory enough?

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-289

  Mueller, Darryl T ^a   Schwetschenau, Eric L ^a   Isaacson, Glenn ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; AUDIOMETRY; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEATOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE EAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY; TYMPANOPLASTY;

EID: 3242716665     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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