An Incidental Chorda Tympani Schwannoma Identified During Middle Ear Surgery

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Durmuş K., Öztürk M., Yaprak Bayrak B., Vural Ç.

TURKISH ARCHIVES OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, cilt.59, sa.3, ss.234-238, 2021 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 59 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4274/tao.2021-5-2
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH ARCHIVES OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.234-238
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Chorda tympani, schwannoma, facial nerve, middle ear tumor, chronic otitis media, case report, DIAGNOSIS, NEUROMA
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Chorda tympani schwannomas are rare benign tumors of the middle ear cleft. This is a case of incidental chorda tympani schwannoma identified intraoperatively.The patient was a 50-year-old male with chronic active otitis media complicated by left-sided facial paralysis. During closed mastoidectomy and tympanoplasty approach, a well-demarcated swelling on the left chorda tympani nerve was identified and sectioned for pathologic evaluation. The histopathologic evaluation established the diagnosis of schwannoma. Although the tumor was unlikely the cause of the disease process in this patient, his facial paralysis and middle ear disease were resolved after surgery.