title: Intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma.
abstract: Intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma are uncommon. Preoperative diagnosis of parotid tumour as schwannoma is difficult when facial nerve function is normal. A rare case of solitary schwannoma involving the upper branch of the facial nerve is described and the literature on the subject is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery and Pathology, Seth GS Medical College, Parel, Mumbai.
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kantharia
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Shenoy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery