Lintene granuloma following microvascular decompression mimicking a cerebellopontine angle tumour

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 380-383

  Nannapaneni, R ^a   Satheesan, K ^a   Nath, F P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign body granuloma; Microvascular decompression; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COTTON; DECOMPRESSION; FACE INJURY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; PARESTHESIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL SPONGES; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 33645891150     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.04.016     Document Type: Article

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