title: Facial nerve palsy by nasal tumour--a case report.
abstract: A case of an adenoid cystic carcinoma of the minor salivary glands of then nasal cavity is reported. The tumour had spread locally and by perineural spread to the internal auditory mentus, causing facial nerve palsy.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Khanijow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000150:complications*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor