Abducent nerve paralysis: First clinical sign of clivus metastasis from tonsillar carcinoma

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 713-716

  Marchese Ragona, Rosario ^a   Maria Ferraro, Silvia ^a   Marioni, Gino ^a   Staffieri, Claudia ^a   Manara, Renzo ^a   Restivo, Domenico A ^b   Staffieri, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abducent nerve paralysis; Clivus; Metastasis; Tonsillar carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; NAVELBINE; STEROID;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLIVUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NECK DISSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 45849136004     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480701687283     Document Type: Article

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