Facial nerve hemangiomas: Vascular tumors or malformations?

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-114

  Benoit, Margo McKenna ^a,b   North, Paula E ^c   McKenna, Michael J ^a,b   Mihm, Martin C ^d   Johnson, Matthew M ^d   Cunningham, Michael J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; LEWIS Y ANTIGEN; PODOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FACIAL NERVE HEMANGIOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR LESION; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 72349099439     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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