Vidian nerve neurofibroma removed via a transpterygoid approach

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 250-252

  McLaughlin, N ^a   Bresson, D ^a   Ditzel Filho, L F S ^a   Carrau, R L ^a   Kelly, D F ^a   Prevedello, D M ^b   Kassam, A B ^c  

^a JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

endoscopy; expanded endonasal approach; neurofibroma; transpterygoid approach; vidian canal; vidian nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHONDROSARCOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; NERVE FUNCTION; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROIMAGING; SKIN CANCER; SURGICAL APPROACH; TINNITUS; TRANSPTERYGOID; VIDIAN NERVE;

CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856293308     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: 14392291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1283126     Document Type: Article

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