Endoscopic endonasal approach to cholesterol granulomas of the petrous apex: A series of 17 patients - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 792-798

  Paluzzi, Alessandro ^a   Gardner, Paul ^a   Fernandez Miranda, Juan C ^a   Pinheiro Neto, Carlos D ^a   Scopel, Tiago Fernando ^a   Koutourousiou, Maria ^a   Snyderman, Carl H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol granuloma; Endoscopic endonasal approach; Oncology; Petrous apex; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL GRANULOMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYST; DATA BASE; DIPLOPIA; DRY EYE; ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MARSUPIAL; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PETROUS BONE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETROUS BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859329565     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.11.JNS111077     Document Type: Article

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