Lesions of the Petrous Apex: Diagnosis and Management

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 479-519

  Isaacson, Brandon ^a   Kutz, J Walter ^a   Roland, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CHONDROMA; CHONDROSARCOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; MUCOCELE; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; PETROUS BONE; PHOTOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SKULL DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHOLESTEATOMA, MIDDLE EAR; CHOLESTEROL; CHONDROSARCOMA; EAR NEOPLASMS; ENCEPHALOCELE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PETROUS BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249675068     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2007.03.003     Document Type: Review

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