Facial Nerve Schwannoma Arising From the Cerebellopontine Angle
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Facial nerve schwannoma arising from the cerebellopontine angle.
A 74-year-old female suffered hearing disturbance in the right ear persisting for several years, followed by sudden onset of right facial nerve palsy. Her symptoms gradually worsened and neuroradiological imaging revealed a 4-cm cerebellopontine angle (CPA) tumor. Intraoperatively, the tumor was found to originate from the facial nerve. Total removal of the tumor was achieved, followed by a spl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0470-8105,1349-8029
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.53.242