title: [Possibilities of diagnostic errors in paralysis of the 7th cranial nerve].
abstract: Approximately 5% of all facial paralyses are of neoplastic origin while approximately 80% represent idiopathic or Bell's palsies. Whenever a tumor is suspected accurate testing is imperative; testing aimed at the nerve trunk both above and especially below the stilomastoid foramen. In fact, occult neoplasms are much more frequently located within the parotid. The present work presents a case where facial palsy was associated with profound ipsilateral hearing loss. Diagnostic efforts were, therefore, focussed on the cerebello-pontine angle and the Fallopian canal, thus delaying recognition of its real etiology (a mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid).
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stomeo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Possibilità di errori diagnostici nelle paralisi del VII.