Pseudotumour of the temporal bone: A usual cause of otorrhoea and facial palsy

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 265, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 713-715

  Coulson, Chris ^a   George, Ajith ^a   Biswas, A ^a   Phelan, C ^a   De, Ranit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inflammatory pseudotumour; Mastoidectomy; Steroid therapy; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AUDIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MUCOID OTITIS MEDIA; MYRINGOTOMY; OTALGIA; OTORRHEA; OTOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; TEMPORAL BONE TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BONE DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43049091256     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0500-0     Document Type: Review

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