Endoscopic transsphenoidal approach to petrous apex cholesterol granulomas

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 688-691

  Prabhu, Krishna ^a   Kurien, Mary ^a   Chacko, Ari George ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cholesterol granuloma; petrous apex; sensorineural hearing loss; transsphenoidal approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUDIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL GRANULOMA; DIZZINESS; DRAIN; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHENOID SINUS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETROUS BONE; SPHENOID BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78449284990     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2010.520766     Document Type: Article

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