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A Case of Bell’s Palsy with an Incidental Finding of a Cerebellopontine Angle Lipoma

Authors :
Timothy T. Bui
Carlito Lagman
Seung J. Lee
Isaac Yang
Howard Warren Goldman
Lawrance K. Chung
Winward Choy
Source :
Cureus
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Cureus, 2016.

Abstract

This case report illustrates the potential fallacy of attributing a patient's symptoms to an incidental finding. Serial imaging of small, asymptomatic cerebellopontine angle (CPA) lipomas is favored. It is imperative to accurately diagnose CPA lipoma on imaging and differentiate it from more common CPA lesions. We herein present a patient with symptoms consistent with Bell's palsy and an incidental finding of a CPA lipoma. Additionally, we performed a review of the literature for case reports of patients presenting with facial symptoms and diagnosed with a CPA lipoma.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
21688184
Volume :
8
Issue :
8
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Cureus
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....9ce6647e9e6af225420b8303be1466f3