Transient facial palsy in two cases of benign, very rare middle ear tumors (carcinoid tumor and myxoma)

Neurologist

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-55

  Zehlicke, Thorsten ^a   Punke, Christoph ^a   Boltze, Christoph ^a   Pau, Hans Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign tumors; Carcinoid tumor of the ear; Middle ear; Middle ear adenoma; Myxoma of the ear; Peripheral facial palsy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFUROXIME; CORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MIDDLE EAR TUMOR; MYXOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OTOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

AGED; CARCINOID TUMOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EAR NEOPLASMS; EAR, MIDDLE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OTITIS MEDIA; PETROUS BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

EID: 38349016663     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31814b8dd1     Document Type: Article

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