Intracranial aspergillosis involving the internal auditory canal and inner ear in an immunocompetent patient

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 138-140

  Cho, Yang Sun ^a   Lee, D K ^a   Hong, S D ^a   Oh, W S ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EAR SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INNER EAR; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MALE; MENINX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

BIOPSY; BRAIN STEM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EAR, INNER; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASTOID; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS; OTITIS MEDIA; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TYMPANOPLASTY;

EID: 33846417671     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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