Sudden deafness due to intralabyrinthine haemorrhage: A possible rare late complication of head and neck irradiation

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-82

  Poh, Angeline C C ^a   Tiong, Yong Tan ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Irradiation; Magnetic resonance; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNER EAR; IRRADIATION; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SUDDEN DEAFNESS;

EID: 34047119228     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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