Cerebellopontine angle (CPA) tumor mimicking dental pain following facial trauma

Cranio - Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-208

  Khan, Junad ^a   Heir, Gary M ^b   Quek, Samuel Y P ^a  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACE INJURY; FACE PAIN; FALLING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATHOLOGY; PONS ANGLE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL INJURIES; FACIAL PAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 77957283470     PISSN: 08869634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/crn.2010.029     Document Type: Article

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