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Primary neuroblastoma of the facial nerve presenting as a recurrent facial paralysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

C. J. V. Fenton ,
R. Coddington ,
A. D. Ramsay  and
R. J. N. Garth
C. J. V. Fenton
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, Gosport, Hants.
R. Coddington
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, Gosport, Hants.
A. D. Ramsay
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
R. J. N. Garth*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, Gosport, Hants.
*
Address for correspondence: R. J. N. Garth, F.R.C.S., Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack RoadExeter EX2 5DW.
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Abstract

A case is described of a primary neuroblastoma of the facial nerve in a 13-year-old boy presenting with a recurrent facial paralysis. This tumour was excised preserving the nerve and followed with post-operative radiotherapy. The pathology of the tumour is described and facial nerve tumours briefly discussed as a cause of facial palsy. There have been no other cases of a primary neuroblastoma of the facial nerve arising at this site reported in the last 20 years.

Keywords

NeuroblastomaFacial nerve
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 2 , February 1996 , pp. 151 - 153
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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