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Facial Nerve Axotomy in Mice: A Model to Study Motoneuron Response to Injury
Published on: February 23, 2015
Transtemporal facial nerve schwannoma without facial nerve paralysis
J E Fenton1, R Y Chin, J P Tonkin
1Department of Otology/Neurotology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia. jefent@liverpool.ac.uk
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|August 4, 2001
Abstract:
Facial schwannoma is a relatively rare but well documented lesion, presenting either as a mass or with facial nerve symptoms. In this report, an extensive facial schwannoma, extending from the brain stem to the periphery with minimal facial nerve symptoms and normal facial function is presented.
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