title: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid infiltrating the chorda tympani nerve.
abstract: We present here the first case report of a mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid infiltrating the chorda tympani nerve and also discuss why an initial diagnosis of Bell palsy may be misleading.
authors.affiliation: Otology Fellow, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Abhineet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lall
authors.forename: Hans-Rudolf
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Zenklusen
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Linder
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002814:Chorda Tympani Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*