RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Intraparotid Facial Nerve Schwannoma: A Report of Five Cases and an Analysis of MR Imaging Results
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1328
OP 1330
VO 26
IS 6
A1 Shimizu, Ken
A1 Iwai, Hiroshi
A1 Ikeda, Koshi
A1 Sakaida, Noriko
A1 Sawada, Satoshi
YR 2005
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/6/1328.abstract
AB Summary: We present five cases of intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma. In four of the five cases, tumors arising from the main facial nerve trunk were centered just below the skull base near the stylomastoid foramen and had a small cranial extension into the lower facial nerve canal. In three cases, each tumor had higher signal intensity around the periphery on T2-weighted images (target sign). These findings may be highly suggestive of an intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma.