Malignant schwannoma of the trigeminal nerve.
Malignant schwannomas are rare in the head and neck, even though benign schwannomas of this area are common. A case of a malignant schwannoma of the fifth cranial nerve with symptoms of otalgia and serous otitis media is described. About 20 such cases have been reported in the literature.
D000368:Aged; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000473:pathology*; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology*; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000473:pathology*