Epithelioid schwannoma of the vestibular nerve

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 393-396

  Tan, T C ^a   Lam, P W Y ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Anatomical Pathology ^*

Author keywords

Acoustic nerve; Epithelioid schwannoma; Immunohistochemistry; Magnetic resonance imaging; Vestibular tumour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIOID CELL; EPITHELIOID SCHWANNOMA; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MASTOID; MICROSCOPY; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 4143104769     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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