Cavernous angioma of the geniculate ganglion: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 893-896

  Capelle, Hans Holger ^a   Nakamura, Makoto ^a   Lenarz, Thomas ^a   Brandis, Almuth ^a   Haubitz, Bernd ^a   Krauss, Joachim K ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavernous angioma; Facial nerve; Geniculate ganglion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; DISEASE COURSE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; CRANIAL NERVE TUMOR;

ADULT; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; GENICULATE GANGLION; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 58149145309     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/109/11/0893     Document Type: Article

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