Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the temporomandibular joint: A rare tumor of the temporal skull base - Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 140-143

  Day, J Diaz ^a,c   Yoo, Alice ^b   Muckle, Robert ^b  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone tumor; Skull base surgery; Skull tumor; Synovial tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIGMENTED VILLONODULAR SYNOVITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; SYNOVITIS, PIGMENTED VILLONODULAR; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 46449104137     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/109/7/0140     Document Type: Article

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