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Silent intratemporal facial nerve schwannoma associated with Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media: A rare presentation

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Facial palsy is a common manifestation of intratemporal facial nerve schwannoma. Review of English literature describes intratemporal facial nerve schwannoma presenting as vertigo, tinnitus (without facial palsy) which were diagnosed on CT scan or MRI of temporal bone. We are presenting two cases of asymptomatic facial nerve schwannoma without facial palsy presenting only as Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM), which were diagnosed incidentally during surgery.

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  1. NTRUHS, Hyderabad, India

    V. Phaniendra (Director and Professor Emeritus ENT)

  2. Sri Sathya Sai Institute of ENT and Research Center for Voice Disorders, Guntur, India

    Santosh K. Pratinidhi (Dip.N.B. Resident ENT)

  3. Guntur Medical College, Guntur, India

    I. V. Renuka (Associate Professor of Pathology)

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Phaniendra, V., Pratinidhi, S.K. & Renuka, I.V. Silent intratemporal facial nerve schwannoma associated with Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media: A rare presentation. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 59, 53–55 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-007-0015-4

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