Intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma.
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.
Shah
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Department of General Surgery and Pathology, Seth GS Medical College, Parel, Mumbai.
Kantharia
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Shenoy
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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