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Case Reports
. 2016 Mar-Apr;82(2):242-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2015.04.004. Epub 2015 Sep 7.

Cochlear implant in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 2 undergoing radiotherapy

Patrícia Santos Pimentel  1 , Danielle Seabra Ramos  2 , Lílian Muniz  3 , Mariana de Carvalho Leal  4 , Silvio da Silva Caldas Neto  4
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Cochlear implant in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 2 undergoing radiotherapy

Patrícia Santos Pimentel et al. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Mar-Apr.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
T2-weighted axial MRI before radiotherapy, showing an expansive lesion measuring 1.0 cm × 0.7 cm × 0.7 cm and occupying the right internal auditory canal (T1 according to the classification of Hannover) and another injury of the same kind measuring 2.0 cm × 1.2 cm × 0.7 cm on the left (Hannover T3a).
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