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STUART A. SCHNECK, M.D.; HERMAN I. LAFF, M.D.; JAMES W. STEPHENS, M.R.C.P.

AMA Arch Neurol. 1960;2(4):452-457.

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Tumor of the facial nerve is seldom encountered, and very little mention of this entity is made in the neurological literature. Except for the case reported by Tremble and Penfield,¹ there has been no specific attempt to locate, by clinical examination, the site of the lesion along the course of the facial nerve. We have recently examined a patient with progressive facial palsy for whom a preoperative diagnosis of facial nerve tumor was made and later established at operation. It is felt that a discussion of the diagnostic procedures employed, as well as the problem of facial nerve tumors and progressive facial palsy in general, would be of interest.

Report of a Case

A 34-year-old man was seen on Oct. 7, 1958, with the complaint of progressive right facial paralysis of five years' duration. In 1953 he was struck by a fist on the right side of the face and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Denver

From the Divisions of Neurology and Otolaryngology, University of Colorado Medical Center.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept. 11, 1959.

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