title: Facial schwannoma spreading into the middle cranial fossa and the cerebellopontine angle--case report.
abstract: A 53-year-old male presented with hearing impairment and facial nerve paralysis following tinnitus of the right ear. Neuroimaging revealed a tumor extensively damaging the temporal bone, and extending into the middle cranial fossa and cerebellopontine angle. The tumor was removed in a two-stage operation. The histological diagnosis was facial schwannoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sasebo City General Hospital, Nagasaki.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inagawa
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed