Pampori Rafiq Ahmad, Ahmad Asif, Ahmad Manzoor
ENT Department Govt. Medical college Srinagar, P.O. Box No. 974 G.P.O. Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002 Jan;54(1):54-6. doi: 10.1007/BF02911009.
Benign primary tumors of facial nerve are rare, difficult to diagnose due to their subtle and variable clinical manifestations and these are usually misdiagnosed as idiopathic facial nerve paralysis. A case of facial nerve sehwannoma in internal auditory meatus presenting as a tumor indistinguishable from acoustic neuroma clinically is presented here. Difficalties in patient assessment, inadequacy of diagnostic techniques presently available and surgical technique of the removal of the tumor will be discussed.
面神经原发性良性肿瘤较为罕见，因其临床表现隐匿且多变，难以诊断，这些肿瘤通常被误诊为特发性面神经麻痹。本文介绍了一例以内耳道面神经鞘瘤为表现的病例，该肿瘤在临床上与听神经瘤难以区分。将讨论患者评估中的困难、现有诊断技术的不足以及肿瘤切除的手术技巧。
