Is there a correlation between vascular loops in the cerebellopontine angle and unexplained unilateral hearing loss?

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-52

  Gorrie, Adam ^a   Warren III, Frank M ^b   De La Garza, Amy N ^b   Shelton, Clough ^b   Wiggins, Richard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Anterior inferior cerebellar artery; Hearing loss; III cranial nerve; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microvascular compression; Microvascular decompression; Neurovascular compression; Sensorineural hearing loss; Vascular loops; Vestibulocochlear nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PONS ANGLE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TINNITUS; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINNITUS;

EID: 74349112071     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181c0e63a     Document Type: Article

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