CANCER OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY-CANAL AND TEMPORAL BONE

Authors
KUHEL WI HUME CR SELESNICK SH
Citation
Wi. Kuhel et al., CANCER OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY-CANAL AND TEMPORAL BONE, Otolaryngologic clinics of North America, 29(5), 1996, pp. 827
Citations number
88
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Otolaryngologic clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00306665
Volume
29
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-6665(1996)29:5<827:COTEAA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Malignant tumors involving the structures of the temporal bone represe nt formidable diagnostic and therapeutic challenges for clinicians inv olved in the treatment of otologic disease. This article offers a pers pective on the current understanding of the biology of malignancies in volving the external auditory canal, middle ear space, and temporal bo ne, and reviews the often confusing and contradictory Literature on th is topic.