Vestibular Schwannoma with Contralateral Facial Nerve Palsy: A False Localizing Sign
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چکیده
Vestibular schwannomas are the most common cerebellopontine angle tumors. These tumors commonly present with ipsilateral dysfunction of acoustic, vestibular, trigeminal, and facial nerves.1 Presentation of the vestibular schwannoma with contralateral facial nerve dysfunction is quite uncommon, and the contralateral facial paresis has been mentioned as a false localizing sign for posterior fossa and cerebellopontine angle tumors.2–4 Among 287 patients with vestibular schwannoma who underwent surgery at our institute during past 8 years, we encountered one 1 patient with this unusual presentation.
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