title: Neurinoma of the facial nerve.
abstract: A case of facial neurinoma is reported. There was a progredient facial palsy persisting for one year. While X-ray examination as well as CT and MR did not show a pathological finding, classical topodiagnosis resulted in mastoidectomy, during which a neurinoma of 0.5 x 0.8 cm could be removed. The defect was reconstructed by an auricular nerve graft, with satisfactory functional results.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Hals-Nasen-Ohrenklinik Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hartwein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*