Infranuclear facial palsy: Importance of imaging the geniculate fossa

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1430-1438

  Vaid, Sanjay ^a   Vaid, Neelam ^b   Rathod, Santosh ^a  

^a Grant Medical Foundation   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Geniculate fossa; High resolution computed tomography; Imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INJURY; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SKULL TUMOR; TEMPORAL BONE; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS;

COCHLEA; FACIAL PARALYSIS; GENICULATE GANGLION; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMMOMA; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; SKULL NEOPLASMS; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 84866614580     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31825d6429     Document Type: Article

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