Abstract:Objectives To present a rare case of traumatic facial neuroma involving the geniculate ganglion and review relevant literature.
Patient Thirty-year-old man.
Intervention Microsurgical resection via combined mastoid-middle fossa approach with great auricular nerve interpositional graft.
Main Outcome Measures Patient demographics and pre- and postoperative facial nerve function.
Results A 30-year-old man with a reported history of prior Bell's palsy developed progr… Show more
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