Petrous Apex

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 367-391

  Schmalfuss, Ilona M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol granuloma; Fibrous dysplasia; Petrous apex; Petrous apicitis; Pneumatization of petrous apex

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CAROTID ARTERY ANOMALY; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MENINGIOMA; MUCOCELE; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; REVIEW; SKULL DISEASE; SKULL FRACTURE; TEMPORAL BONE;

BONE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EAR; EAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETROUS BONE; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69349096208     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2009.06.009     Document Type: Review

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