Primary melanoma of the sphenoid sinus presenting with a third cranial nerve palsy

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 289-292

  Lynch, Shannon C ^a   Lee, Andrew G ^a   Graham, Scott M ^a   Kirby, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHENOID SINUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASE; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PTOSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID SINUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644877985     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wno.0000189825.62010.93     Document Type: Article

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