When the bell tolls on Bell's palsy: Finding occult malignancy in acute-onset facial paralysis

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 339-342

  Quesnel, Alicia M ^a   Lindsay, Robin W ^b   Hadlock, Tessa A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; PAROTID GLAND CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956228479     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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