title: Middle-ear paraganglioma masquerading as traumatic facial nerve palsy.
abstract: We report the case of a 52-year-old female with middle-ear paraganglioma masquerading as a traumatic facial palsy, and describe the diagnostic steps and surgical treatment by the tympanomastoid approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Kobe City General Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohmura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Isono
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirono
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mizukami
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004432:Ear, Middle; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed