Facial nerve schwannoma mimicking acute mastoiditis

Benign tumors of the temporal bone are extremely rare, with an incidence of 1 in 200,000 individuals. The authors report a case of an 8-year-old girl with facial nerve schwannoma (FNS) involving the mastoid portion of her facial nerve. She initially presented with exam findings of postauricular swel...

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Main Authors:	Kevin Wong, Caleb J. Fan, Annie E. Arrighi-Allisan, Xintong Wang, William H. Westra, Enrique R. Perez
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:	Otolaryngology Case Reports
Subjects:	Facial nerve schwannoma Acute mastoiditis Hot mastoid Mastoiditis mimicker Mastoiditis masquerader Temporal bone tumor
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468548821001090

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spelling	doaj-8bf311f9ce5840908f962b78a04c0aa02021-10-11T04:16:38ZengElsevierOtolaryngology Case Reports2468-54882021-11-0121100368Facial nerve schwannoma mimicking acute mastoiditisKevin Wong0Caleb J. Fan1Annie E. Arrighi-Allisan2Xintong Wang3William H. Westra4Enrique R. Perez5Department of Otolaryngology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Corresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place Box 1189, New York, NY, 10029.Department of Otolaryngology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USADepartment of Otolaryngology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USADepartment of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USADepartment of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USADepartment of Otolaryngology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USABenign tumors of the temporal bone are extremely rare, with an incidence of 1 in 200,000 individuals. The authors report a case of an 8-year-old girl with facial nerve schwannoma (FNS) involving the mastoid portion of her facial nerve. She initially presented with exam findings of postauricular swelling and tenderness mimicking acute infectious mastoiditis. During mastoidectomy, intraoperative frozen pathology revealed spindle cells consistent with FNS, and surgery was aborted. This is the first report of FNS mimicking acute infectious mastoiditis. Presenting symptoms are reviewed, along with radiographic, laboratory, and intraoperative features.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468548821001090Facial nerve schwannomaAcute mastoiditisHot mastoidMastoiditis mimickerMastoiditis masqueraderTemporal bone tumor
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spellingShingle	Kevin Wong Caleb J. Fan Annie E. Arrighi-Allisan Xintong Wang William H. Westra Enrique R. Perez Facial nerve schwannoma mimicking acute mastoiditis Otolaryngology Case Reports Facial nerve schwannoma Acute mastoiditis Hot mastoid Mastoiditis mimicker Mastoiditis masquerader Temporal bone tumor
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title	Facial nerve schwannoma mimicking acute mastoiditis
title_short	Facial nerve schwannoma mimicking acute mastoiditis
title_full	Facial nerve schwannoma mimicking acute mastoiditis
title_fullStr	Facial nerve schwannoma mimicking acute mastoiditis
title_full_unstemmed	Facial nerve schwannoma mimicking acute mastoiditis
title_sort	facial nerve schwannoma mimicking acute mastoiditis
publisher	Elsevier
series	Otolaryngology Case Reports
issn	2468-5488
publishDate	2021-11-01
description	Benign tumors of the temporal bone are extremely rare, with an incidence of 1 in 200,000 individuals. The authors report a case of an 8-year-old girl with facial nerve schwannoma (FNS) involving the mastoid portion of her facial nerve. She initially presented with exam findings of postauricular swelling and tenderness mimicking acute infectious mastoiditis. During mastoidectomy, intraoperative frozen pathology revealed spindle cells consistent with FNS, and surgery was aborted. This is the first report of FNS mimicking acute infectious mastoiditis. Presenting symptoms are reviewed, along with radiographic, laboratory, and intraoperative features.
topic	Facial nerve schwannoma Acute mastoiditis Hot mastoid Mastoiditis mimicker Mastoiditis masquerader Temporal bone tumor
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468548821001090
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Facial nerve schwannoma mimicking acute mastoiditis

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