Giant vestibular schwannomas: Focusing on the differences between the solid and the cystic variants

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 550-556

  Mehrotra, N ^a   Behari, S ^b   Pal, L ^b   Banerji, D ^b   Sahu, R N ^b   Jain, V K ^b  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle; Cystic vestibular schwannomas; Facial nerve preservation; Giant vestibular schwannomas; Retromastoid suboccipital approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; FACIAL NERVE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURILEMOMA; PAPILLEDEMA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52749089056     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690802159031     Document Type: Article

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