title: Facial nerve neurinoma presenting as middle cranial fossa and cerebellopontine angle mass: a case report.
abstract: Facial nerve neurinomas are rare. The tumours arising from the geniculate ganglion may grow anteriorly and superiorly and present as a mass in the middle cranial fossa. Only a few cases of facial nerve neurinomas presenting as middle cranial fossa mass have so far been reported. These tumours present with either long standing or intermittent facial palsy along with cerebellopontine angle syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurosurgery and Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, 560029, India.
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Devi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Panigrahi
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000473:pathology*; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed