Vidian nerve schwannoma with middle cranial fossa extension resected via a maxillary swing approach

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1389-1393

  Honda, Keigo ^a   Asato, Ryo ^b   Tanaka, Shinzo ^b   Endo, Tsuyoshi ^c   Nishimura, Kazunari ^d   Ito, Juichi ^b  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Toyooka Hospital   (Japan)

^d OTSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infratemporal fossa; Maxillary swing approach; Middle cranial fossa; Schwannoma; Vidian nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NEURINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SURGERY; SKULL TUMOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR BIOPSY; VIDIAN NERVE SCHWANNOMA;

CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55549111205     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20793     Document Type: Article

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