Cerebellar vermis lesions and tumours of the fourth ventricle in patients with positional and positioning vertigo and nystagmus

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 166-169

  Shoman, N ^a   Longridge, N ^a  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebellar neoplasms; Paroxysmal vertigo; Pathologic nystagmus; Positional vertigo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIZZINESS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

EID: 33847309064     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106004063     Document Type: Article

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