Middle-ear paraganglioma masquerading as traumatic facial nerve palsy.
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.
Yamamoto
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Department of Otolaryngology, Kobe City General Hospital, Japan.
Ohmura
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Isono
M
M
Hirono
Y
Y
Mizukami
C
C
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