Facial paralysis caused by compression by a tumor
Barrios, J.M.; García Díaz, J.; Nieto, A.; Razquin, J.
Anales Otorrinolaringologicos Ibero-Americanos 16(1): 97-102
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-8874 PMID: 2719191 Document Number: 342073
Tumors on the course of the 7th nerve are seldom met. Inthe present case the growth caused the palsy and showed, at surgical removal, single apposition to the trunk. Surprisingly on microscopic examination the detached mass disclosed normal striated muscle. The localization in the middle of the vertical portion of the facial canal of such a tumor, so far from other muscular structures, makes this case a rare anomaly.