Otoneurological management of petrous apex cholesterol granuloma

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 407-414

  Sanna, Mario ^a   Dispenza, Francesco ^a,b   Mathur, Navneet ^a   De Stefano, Alessandro ^a   De Donato, Giuseppe ^a  

^a Dipartimento Scienze Otorinolaringoiatriche Università degli Studi di Palermo ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL GRANULOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HEARING LOSS; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TINNITUS; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; BONE DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRAINAGE; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETROUS BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73049116767     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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