title: Facial paralysis caused by a lymphoepithelial cyst located in the parotid gland.
abstract: We report the case of an acute onset facial paralysis which was caused by a benign lymphoepithelial cyst found in the parotid, an association which is a rarity in the literature. The diagnosis and surgical management is discussed. This report emphasises the clinical principle that parotid masses causing an acute facial palsy are not necessarily malignant in nature. Intra-operative frozen section histology is helpful in saving the patient from unnecessarily radical surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Burton District Hospital, Burton on Trent, UK.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: N O
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: San Juan
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Rockley
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001935:Branchioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed