Clinical and Diagnostic Evaluation of Acoustic Neuromas

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-284

  Stucken, Emily Z ^a   Brown, Kevin ^b   Selesnick, Samuel H ^b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Auditory brainstem response testing; Diagnosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Presentation; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ANOSMIA; BLINDNESS; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HEARING LOSS; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMPEDANCE AUDIOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOGRAPHY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; TINNITUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE; TUMOR VOLUME; UNSTEADINESS; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOSURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859351512     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: 15578259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2011.12.001     Document Type: Review

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