Traumatic intratympanic facial neuroma. A clinical report.
A case of traumatic facial neuroma discovered at tympanoplasty is described. Its appearance and histologic findings are compared with those of four previously reported temporal bones with this diagnosis. The clinical significance of such rare lesions appears in their differentiation from more aggressive facial tumors.
D002908:Chronic Disease; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009463:Neuroma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology