A neurilemmoma of the parotid gland: report of a case.
Benign primary tumors of the facial nerve are frequently misdiagnosed because of the variety of their clinical manifestations. Much attention has been paid to neurilemmomas in the recent otolaryngologic literature, but far less has been focused on intraparotid facial nerve neurilemmomas. In this article, we describe a new case of this truly rare tumor, and we review its diagnosis, pathology, and treatment.
Segas
J V
JV
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece. jsegas@med.uoa.gr
Kontrogiannis
A D
AD
Nomikos
P N
PN
Boussiotou
A H
AH
Psarommatis
J M
JM
Adamopoulos
G K
GK
D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007002:Hypoglossal Nerve / Q000601:surgery; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*