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Rare presentation of a parapharyngeal schwannoma
M G Dilkes1, G A Morrison, W P Orr
1Department of ENT Surgery, Royal London Hospital.
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
Schwannoma, or neurilemmoma, is included in the differential diagnosis of masses in the parapharyngeal space. Schwannomata do not usually cause acute inflammation, and therefore do not tend to present as emergencies as in this case, in which there was acute respiratory embarrassment.