Chronic pachymeningitis presenting as asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 616-621

  Oghalai, John S ^a,b   Ramirez, Alexander L ^a   Hegarty, Joseph L ^a   Jackler, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CPA tumor; Meningitis; Retrocochlear

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; GADOLINIUM; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PACHYMENINGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE EAR TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4043069386     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200407000-00033     Document Type: Review

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