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Otolaryngology Online Journal | ISSN: 2250-0359 | Volume 9
Schwannoma of extracranial facial nerve in a 7-year-old
Saha Poulomi
and
Gupta Nitin
West Bengal Medical Education Service, India
S
chwannomasarerarebenigntumorarisingfromSchwann cells
of myelinated peripheral or cranial nerves. Schwannomas of
the facial nerve is rare. It arises from either the extratemporal
or intratemporal part of facial nerve. Most of these tumors are
intratemporal. Only 9% of these are located extracranially and
usually appear as an asymptomatic parotid mass. Intraparotid
facialnerveschwannomasareveryrare,whichusuallydevelopin
adults. It is extremely rare in paediatric population and less than
10 cases had been reported so far. We are reporting a case of
intraparotidschwannomaina7-year-oldboywhopresentedwith
a slowgrowing, painless preauricularmass of 6months duration.
It was insidious in onset, gradually progressive, persistent,
painless, nondischarging with no increase in size during meals.
On physical examination, there was solitary, ovoid, nontender,
smooth surfaced,mobile, well definedmass of 4x3 cmsize in the
left preauricular region extending from 3cm anterior to tragus
to 1cm above angle of mandible inferiorly. On ultrasonography
it appeared to be a heteroechoic lesion of 2.27cm x 2.5cm in
the left parotid gland. Contrast enhanced CT scan showed well
defined homogenously enhancing mass. Magnetic Resonance
Imaging showed well defined T2 hyperintense mass lying in the
left parotid gland. Fine needle aspiration biopsy showed
Benign Nerve Sheath Tumour.
Superficial parotidectomy was done and the mass was seen
to originate from buccal branch of facial nerve. Facial nerve
functions were normal after the surgery, and no recurrence
was encountered in six-month follow-up.
Biopsy came out to be SCHWANOMA.
Speaker Biography
Saha Poulomi is an Otolaryngologist from India, currently working as a
Surgeon in the West Bengal Medical Education Service, India. She has a
strong interest in otorhinolaryngology specialty. She has also published
a good number of research papers in reputed journals which has a good
number of citations.
e:
drpoulomisaha@gmail.comSaha Poulomi et al.
,
Otolaryngology online
Volume 9 | ISSN: 2250-0359