Calcification of vestibular schwannoma: a case report and literature review

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Yang ^a   Yu, Jinlu ^a   Qu, Limei ^a   Li, Yunqian ^a  

^a THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcification; Cerebellopontine angle; Surgery; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE DURATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

CALCINOSIS; CRANIOTOMY; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866793122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-207     Document Type: Article

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