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== Clinically Relevant Anatomy == | == Clinically Relevant Anatomy == | ||
For details of the path of the Cranial Nerve 7, please see the [[Facial Nerve]] page< | For details of the path of the Cranial Nerve 7, please see the [[Facial Nerve]] page. | ||
=== Location of Tumour === | |||
The majority of tumours are found on the segment of the nerve within the internal auditory canal, with one UK study<ref>Doshi J, Heyes R, Freeman SR, Potter G, Ward C, Rutherford S, King A, Ramsden R, Lloyd SK. | |||
Clinical and Radiological Guidance in Managing Facial Nerve Schwannomas | |||
Otology & Neurotology. 36(5):892–895, JUNE 2015 | |||
</ref> of a cohort of 28 Facial Schwannoma patients reporting 68% incidence in this section of the nerve. | |||
The same study also found multi-segmental lesions in 46% of the patients. | |||
Facial weakness was most commonly associated with involvement of the labyrinthine segment (89%). | |||
== Mechanism of Injury / Pathological Process == | == Mechanism of Injury / Pathological Process == | ||
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Facial Schwannoma is a very rare tumour which grows on the 7th Cranial Nerve, the Facial Nerve.
It is also known as a Facial Neuroma.
Clinically Relevant Anatomy[edit | edit source]
For details of the path of the Cranial Nerve 7, please see the Facial Nerve page.
Location of Tumour[edit | edit source]
The majority of tumours are found on the segment of the nerve within the internal auditory canal, with one UK study[1] of a cohort of 28 Facial Schwannoma patients reporting 68% incidence in this section of the nerve.
The same study also found multi-segmental lesions in 46% of the patients.
Facial weakness was most commonly associated with involvement of the labyrinthine segment (89%).
Mechanism of Injury / Pathological Process[edit | edit source]
Schwannomas are extremely slow growing tumours, the majority of which are benign[2].
They originate from the Schwann cell sheath of the facial nerve.
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Doshi J, Heyes R, Freeman SR, Potter G, Ward C, Rutherford S, King A, Ramsden R, Lloyd SK. Clinical and Radiological Guidance in Managing Facial Nerve Schwannomas Otology & Neurotology. 36(5):892–895, JUNE 2015
- ↑ Jayashankar N, Sankhla S. Facial schwannomas: Diagnosis and surgical perspectives. Neurol India [serial online] 2018 [cited 2019 Nov 28];66:144-6. Available from: http://www.neurologyindia.com/text.asp?2018/66/1/144/222821
