Facial nerve neuroma mimicking chronic otitis

• Authors: Klaudyna Zwierzyńska , Robert Bartoszewicz , Kazimierz Niemczyk

Abstracts

EN

A 44-year-old male presented with a facial schwannoma extending into both the middle cranial fossa and mastoid processus. Due to hearing loss, facial nerve palsy and inflammatory changes in CT scan, this patient was misdiagnosed as chronic otitis media. Audiogram showed a right mixed hearing loss with 30–40 dB air-bone gap. In MR, features of the facial nerve neuroma were found. The patient was qualified for surgery to remove the tumor via middle fossa approach, with possible conversion to the retroauricular approach. Ossiculoplasty LC was performed. Diagnostic problems and methods of treatment are discussed.

Keywords

EN

facial paralysis; facial schwannoma; otitis media

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polski Przegląd Otorynolaryngologiczny
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 9(2)
• Pages: 58-61

Dates

published

2020-03-24

Contributors

author

Klaudyna Zwierzyńska

author

Robert Bartoszewicz

author

Kazimierz Niemczyk

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0014.0453