Recovery of low-frequency sensorineural hearing loss following resection of a greater superficial petrosal nerve schwannoma - Case report

SADE B., Lee J. H.

JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY, vol.107, no.1, pp.181-184, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 107 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.3171/jns-07/07/0181
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.181-184
  • Keywords: cochlea, facial nerve, geniculate ganglion, hearing loss, petrosal nerve, schwannoma, FACIAL-NERVE, COCHLEA
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Facial nerve schwannomas can occur anywhere from the internal auditory canal to the parotid gland. Schwannomas arising from the greater superficial petrosal nerve are exceedingly rare.