Bilateral hearing loss due to a meningioma located in the left posterior fossa: A case report

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 127, Issue SUPPL. 559, 2007, Pages 168-171

  Kashio, Akinori ^a,b   Suzuki, Mitsuya ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle tumor; Contralateral hearing loss; CSF pressure change; Sensorineural hearing loss recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEA; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PONS ANGLE; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTERIOR FOSSA MENINGIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40749093734     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03655230701600343     Document Type: Article

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