Intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma: a case report

• Main Authors: Md Nor, Azmi, Awang, Ahmad Khadri, Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2006
• Subjects: RF Otorhinolaryngology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/23114/1/Intra-parotid_facial_nerve_schwannoma.e-IMJM.2006.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/23114/; http://www.eimjm.com/Vol5-No2/Vol5-No2-C11.htm
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Neoplasms of the facial nerve presenting as a parotid mass are uncommon. In the absence of a facial palsy, preoperative diagnosis of parotid tumour as schwannoma is very difficult1. A rare case of solitary schwannoma involving the branches of the facial nerve