Cochlear implant device failure secondary to cholesterol granuloma-mediated cochlear erosion

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 733-735

  Neilan, Ryan Eric ^a   Pawlowski, Karen ^a   Isaacson, Brandon ^a   Roland, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol granuloma; Cochlear implant; Device failure

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COCHLEA; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOID; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862861085     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3182544fff     Document Type: Article

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