1. A Case of Bell’s Palsy with an Incidental Finding of a Cerebellopontine Angle Lipoma
- Author
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Timothy T. Bui, Carlito Lagman, Seung J. Lee, Isaac Yang, Howard Warren Goldman, Lawrance K. Chung, and Winward Choy
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,lipomas ,bell palsy ,Neurosurgery ,Asymptomatic ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Bell's palsy ,medicine ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,heterocyclic compounds ,Palsy ,business.industry ,General Engineering ,Bell Palsy ,030208 emergency & critical care medicine ,Lipoma ,Cerebellopontine angle ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,body regions ,stomatognathic diseases ,Serial imaging ,Neurology ,cardiovascular system ,cerebellopontine angle tumor ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - 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.
- Published
- 2016