Prado-Calleros HM, Corvera-Behar G, García-de-la-Cruz M, Calderón-Wengerman Ó, Prado A, Pombo-Nava A

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ABSTRACT

Objective: To describe the clinical presentation of the facial nerve schwannomas according to the anatomical site of origin. Method: A retrospective study in which the clinical presentation, diagnostic protocol and treatment of facial nerve tumors in adults was evaluated. Results: We found 6 cases, 4 cases of tympanic-mastoid location at the spectrum of its possible clinical presentation: from symptomatic cases with facial paralysis, to an asymptomatic case in the tympanic portion found as intraoperative finding; and also found two cases located at the parotid gland, one with complete facial paralysis and one without facial palsy. Conclusions: For the diagnosis of intratemporal and parotid schwannomas of the facial nerve, a high clinical suspicion is required given its heterogeneous presentation; its clinical course depends on the segment of origin and expansion: more frequently asymptomatic at the tympanic horizontal portion and symptomatic at the mastoid vertical portion. These tumors must be assessed with imaging studies, incisional biopsy is not recommended. The treatment is surgical resection in symptomatic patients with facial paralysis greater than grade III of House-Brackmann, with immediate reconstruction of the nerve.

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