title: A Case of Bell's Palsy with an Incidental Finding of a Cerebellopontine Angle Lipoma.
abstract: This case report illustrates the potential fallacy of attributing a patient's symptoms to an incidental finding. Serial imaging of small, asymptomatic cerebellopontine angle (CPA) lipomas is favored. It is imperative to accurately diagnose CPA lipoma on imaging and differentiate it from more common CPA lesions. We herein present a patient with symptoms consistent with Bell's palsy and an incidental finding of a CPA lipoma. Additionally, we performed a review of the literature for case reports of patients presenting with facial symptoms and diagnosed with a CPA lipoma.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Carlito
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lagman
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Winward
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Choy
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Seung J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Lawrance K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Timothy T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Bui
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: Isaac
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery, Cooper University.
authors.forename: Howard W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Goldman
keywords: bell palsy; cerebellopontine angle tumor; lipomas