title: Intraparotid facial nerve neurofibroma in neurofibromatosis type 1.
abstract: Benign tumors of the nerve sheath are of 2 types: schwannoma and neurofibroma. Neurofibromas are most commonly found with neurofibromatosis type 1 and characterized by incorporation of the nerve fibers within their matrix. Both benign and malignant tumors can affect the facial nerve. These tumors can be intrinsic or extrinsic; in other words, it can originate from the facial nerve itself or from a contiguous structure or a metastatic disease. Actually, extrinsic tumors are far more common than intrinsic tumors. Intraparotid location of benign tumors of the facial nerve sheath is considered a rare event compared with intratemporal location.
authors.affiliation: Otorhinolaryngology Department, Bayrampasa State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. deniztunaedizer@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Deniz Tuna
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Edizer
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hajizade
authors.forename: Emin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karaman
authors.forename: Harun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cansiz
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000473:pathology*