conclusions in surgery for facial nerve neuroma in the mastoid segment, it is better not to rely on imaging alone; all facial nerves from the geniculate ganglion to the styloid foramen become exposed for tumor removal. case presentation in this report, we describe a rare facial nerve neuroma in the mastoid portion in a 55-year-old man with a history of hypertension (htn) and diabetes mellitus (...

OBJECTIVE To explore and analyze the influencing factors of facial nerve function retainment after microsurgery resection of acoustic neurinoma. METHODS Retrospective analysis of our hospital 105 acoustic neuroma cases from October, 2006 to January 2012, in the group all patients were treated with suboccipital sigmoid sinus approach to acoustic neuroma microsurgery resection. We adopted resea...

BACKGROUND Facial nerve neuromas are extremely rare and are often mistaken for acoustic neuromas when located near the vestibular nerve. Usually presenting with facial weakness and hearing loss, facial nerve neuromas of the cerebellopontine angle have commonly been managed by surgery. We present the first reported case of a facial nerve neuroma treated with fractionated stereotactic radiotherap...

  Background and Objective: Approximately 45% of benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors (PNST) occur in head and neck regions. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) are less common and only 8-15% of these tumors occur in head and neck region. In this study, we aimed at evaluating the demographic characteristics, pathologic findings, locations, main clinical presentations and family h...

Anatomic preservation of the facial nerve, with maximal facial function, is one of the goals of acoustic neuroma surgery. Application of electrophysiologic monitoring techniques is useful in achieving this goal. Preoperative electromyography and nerve conduction studies provide important prognostic information for preservation of the nerve and postoperative function. Intraoperative electromyogr...

Facial nerve tumors are a very uncommon neoplasm. They may originate from any segment of the VIIth nerve, from the cerebellopontine angle to the peripheral branch in the parotid gland. Because of lack of specific clinical symptoms, diagnosis may be difficult. Small facial tumors may also remain asymptomatic and only be discovered incidentally. Reports of tumor excision in which the nerve is lef...