American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 338-341 , September 2007

Radiation necrosis of the brain after radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma

Presented at the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting, Boca Raton, FL, May 15, 2005.

  • Hamid R. Djalilian, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Building 25, 101 The City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868, USA. Tel.: +1 714 456 5753; fax: +1 714 456 5747.
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  • Aaron G. Benson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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  • Kasra Ziai, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA
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  • Yalda Safai, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA
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  • Kunal H. Thakkar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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  • Mahmood F. Mafee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Received 23 August 2006

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PII: S0196-0709(06)00222-5

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.09.008

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 338-341 , September 2007

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