American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 407-414 , November 2009

Otoneurological management of petrous apex cholesterol granuloma

  • Mario Sanna, MD

      Affiliations

    • Fellow Gruppo Otologico Piacenza-Roma, Italia
    • ,
  • Francesco Dispenza, MD

      Affiliations

    • Fellow Gruppo Otologico Piacenza-Roma, Italia
    • Dipartimento Scienze Otorinolaringoiatriche-Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dipartimento Scienze Otorinolaringoiatriche-Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Paolo Emiliani Giudici 37, 90127 Palermo, Italia. Tel.: +39 3334565471.
    • ,
  • Navneet Mathur, MS

      Affiliations

    • Fellow Gruppo Otologico Piacenza-Roma, Italia
    • ,
  • Alessandro De Stefano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Fellow Gruppo Otologico Piacenza-Roma, Italia
    • Università degli Studi “G. d'Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Italia
    • ,
  • Giuseppe De Donato, MD

      Affiliations

    • Fellow Gruppo Otologico Piacenza-Roma, Italia

Received 30 July 2008

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PII: S0196-0709(08)00164-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.08.007

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 407-414 , November 2009

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