Recovery of sensorineural hearing loss following operative management of a posterior fossa arachnoid cyst: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-124

  Jayarao, Mayur ^a   Devaiah, Anand K ^a,b   Chin, Lawrence S ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Doctors Office Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Cerebellopontine angle; Hearing loss; Posterior fossa; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRANIECTOMY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 70349198006     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.3.PEDS08416     Document Type: Article

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