Cavernous angiomas within the internal auditory canal

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 581-587

  Samii, Madjid ^b   Nakamura, Makoto ^a   Mirzai, Shahram ^b   Vorkapic, Peter ^b   Cervio, Andres ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cavernous angioma; Differential diagnosis; Facial nerve; Internal auditory canal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TINNITUS; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EAR NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINNITUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33749505680     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.4.581     Document Type: Review

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