Destructive, granulating lesion in the temporal bone after elevated plasma homocysteine

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 610-615

  Bonding, Per ^a,c   Skriver, Elisabeth ^a   Helin, Pekka ^a   Qvortrup, Klaus ^b  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Avascular osteonecrosis; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Temporal bone granuloma

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GRANULOMA; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INNER EAR; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE GRANULOMA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERTIGO; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; EAR, MIDDLE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TEMPORAL BONE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTIGO;

EID: 4043106473     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200407000-00032     Document Type: Article

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