Imaging characteristics of metastatic lesions to the cerebellopontine angle

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 835-838

  Warren, Frank M ^a   Shelton, Clough ^a   Wiggins III, Richard H ^a   Herrod, H Coleman ^a   Harnsberger, H Ric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cerebellopontine angle; Facial paralysis; Imaging; Internal auditory canal; Metastases; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARACHNOID; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM FLOCCULUS; CHOROID PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MALE; METASTASIS; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PIA MATER; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; BREAST TUMOR; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; COLON TUMOR; INNER EAR; KIDNEY TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 62349096969     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31818133ae     Document Type: Article

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