A rare case of greater petrosal nerve schwannoma

BACKGROUND: Facial nerve schwannomas include only 0.8% of all intrapetrous mass lesions, and schwannomas originating exclusively from the greater petrosal nerve (GPN) are extremely rare. To date, only 13 reports have been described. In this case, the tumor was thought to originate from the GPN on th...

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Autores principales: Paulis, Danilo De, Di Cola, Francesco, Marzi, Sara, Ricci, Alessandro, Coletti, Gino, Galzio, Renato J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3114313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21697967
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.80352

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