Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 7 , Pages 294-297 , July 2007

Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma of the Cerebellopontine Angle in a Patient with Sudden Hearing Loss and Facial Palsy

  • Yao-Ting Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of, Otolaryngology, Hematology-Oncology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Yao-Ting Wang, Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386, Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hsing-Hao Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of, Otolaryngology, Hematology-Oncology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yuyi Hou

      Affiliations

    • Department of, Otolaryngology, Hematology-Oncology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Fooyin University Hospital, Pingtung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Sau-Tung Chu

      Affiliations

    • Department of, Otolaryngology, Hematology-Oncology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Ping-Hong Lai

      Affiliations

    • Department of, Radiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hui-Hwa Tseng

      Affiliations

    • Department of, Pathology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Shyh-Jer Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of, Hematology-Oncology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yu-Wen Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Tian-Sheng Memorial Hospital, Pingtung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 5 December 2006 ,Accepted 4 June 2007.

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PII: S1726-4901(07)70008-4

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(07)70008-4

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 7 , Pages 294-297 , July 2007

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