Schwannoma of the intermediate nerve: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 144-148

  Scheller, Christian ^a   Rachinger, Jens ^a   Prell, Julian ^a   Kornhuber, Malte ^a   Strauss, Christian ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle; Facial nerve; Intermediate nerve; Neurophysiological monitoring; Schwannoma; Vestibular nerve

Indexed keywords

HETASTARCH; NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIZZINESS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEARING LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURILEMMOMA;

EID: 46649087165     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/109/7/0144     Document Type: Article

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