Eccentric cystic facial schwannoma: CT and MR features.
Facial schwannomas are uncommon lesions with a fairly characteristic range of clinical and radiographic presentations. This report describes an unusual case of facial schwannoma that clinically and radiographically mimicked a cystic skull base lesion extrinsically compressing the facial nerve. The MR findings are presented.
Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, City University of New York, NY 10029-6574.
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D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed