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Ramsay Hunt syndrome mimicking acoustic neuroma on MRI

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

P. Goldsmith ,
I. Zammit  and
D. Meikle
P. Goldsmith*
Affiliation:
Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
I. Zammit
Affiliation:
Departments of Radiologyt, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
D. Meikle
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
*
Dr P. Goldsmith, Level 7, Nuffield Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU. Fax: 01865 222901.
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Abstract

The authors present a case of Ramsay Hunt syndrome in whish the MRI appearance mimicked that of an intracanalicular acoustic neuroma.

Keywords

Herpes zoster oticusVestibular schwannomaMagnetic Resonance Imaging

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Type
Radiology in Focus
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 10 , October 1995 , pp. 1013 - 1015
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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