1. Glioneural hamartoma of the VIIIth nerve
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Sertac Yetiser, Mustafa Tasar, Engin Gonul, and Onder Ongoru
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Adult ,Male ,congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,Hamartoma ,Schwannoma ,Auditory canal ,Internal auditory meatus ,Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,Humans ,Medicine ,Vestibular system ,business.industry ,Cochlear nerve ,Temporal Bone ,General Medicine ,Anatomy ,medicine.disease ,Cerebellopontine angle ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Treatment Outcome ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Ear, Inner ,sense organs ,business ,Craniotomy ,Viiith nerve - Abstract
Hamartomas of the cerebellopontine angle or internal auditory canal are very rare and only four cases have been reported. We report an unusual case of a glioneural hamartoma of the VIIIth nerve with clinical, radiological and audiometric similarity with vestibular schwannoma.
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- 2005
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