A tiny infarct on the dorsolateral pons mimicking vestibular neuritis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2336-2338

  Chang, Tzu Pu ^a   Wu, Yi Chang ^b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Nose and Throat Clinic ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

pons; stroke; vertigo; Vestibular neuritis

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS; VIDEOOCULOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

EID: 78349274513     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20935     Document Type: Article

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