American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 271-274 , July 2006

Lipoma of the cerebellopontine angle

  • Jacob R. Brodsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas W. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Scott Litofsky

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurological Surgery, University of Missouri–Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Daniel J. Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
    • Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, UMass Memorial Medical Center, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. Tel.: +1 508 856 4161; fax: +1 508 856 6703.

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PII: S0196-0709(05)00218-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2005.11.002

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 271-274 , July 2006

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