Greater superficial petrosal nerve schwannoma.
Greater superficial petrosal nerve (GSPN) schwannoma is a very rare type of facial nerve schwannoma. Including our case, only 6 schwannomas have been reported to originate from the GSPN. Clinical features, imaging, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment are discussed reviewing other cases in the pertinent literature.
Schmidinger
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Department of Neurosurgery, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. Aschmidinger@gmx.de
Deinsberger
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D000368:Aged; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery