caa a22 4500 475848470 CHVBK 20180406123921.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s004059900224 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s004059900224 Neurofibroma of the auriculotemporal nerve [Elektronische Daten] [Monika Cartellieri, H. Swoboda] Despite the extensive branching of the trigeminal nerve, solitary neurofibromas along its branches are a rare finding. We report our management of a neurofibroma of the right auriculotemporal nerve in a 46-year-old women. A chain of small nodules palpable in the right postauricular region was associated with increasing pain radiating into the postauricular and temporoparietal regions of her head. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography showed several small ovoid lesions extending from the postauricular region to the infratemporal fossa. The lesions were removed surgically. The facial nerve adhered to the dorsal side of the largest nodule, but this could be removed without sequelae. The auriculotemporal nerve was identified as the nerve of origin and was removed together with the lesions. Histopathological examination was consistent with a neurofibroma with early plexiform cell formations. Clinical findings are discussed. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words Neurofibroma nationallicence Auriculotemporal nerve nationallicence Facial nerve nationallicence Cartellieri Monika Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria e-mail: herwig.swoboda@univie.ac.at Tel.: +43-1-404003305, Fax: +43-1-404003332, AT aut Swoboda H. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria e-mail: herwig.swoboda@univie.ac.at Tel.: +43-1-404003305, Fax: +43-1-404003332, AT aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s004059900224 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s004059900224 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cartellieri Monika Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria e-mail: herwig.swoboda@univie.ac.at Tel.: +43-1-404003305, Fax: +43-1-404003332, AT aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Swoboda H. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria e-mail: herwig.swoboda@univie.ac.at Tel.: +43-1-404003305, Fax: +43-1-404003332, AT aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer