Cholesterol granulomas

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 319-322

  Royer, Mark C ^a   Pensak, Myles L ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol cyst; Cholesterol granuloma; Petrous apex

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEATOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; EPIDERMOID CYST; GRANULOMA; HEARING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METASTASIS; MUCOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; STENT; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHOLESTEROL; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 34548484331     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3282a08f74     Document Type: Review

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