TY  - JOUR
TI  - An Incidental Chorda Tympani Schwannoma Identified During Middle Ear Surgery
AB  - 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.
AU  - YAPRAK BAYRAK, Busra
AU  - DURMUS, KASIM
AU  - Ozturk, Murat
AU  - Vural, Çiğdem
DO  - 10.4274/tao.2021-5-2
PY  - 2021
JO  - Turkish archives of otorhinolaryngology 
VL  - 59
IS  - 3
SN  - 2667-7466
SP  - 234
EP  - 238
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/503370
ER  -