TY - JOUR T1 - Extratemporal intraparotid facial nerve schwannoma JF - BMJ Case Reports JO - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2020-239407 VL - 14 IS - 1 SP - e239407 AU - Stuti Chowdhary AU - Saranya Thangavel AU - Sivaraman Ganesan AU - Arun Alexander Y1 - 2021/01/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/1/e239407.abstract N2 - Schwannomas of the eighth nerve are common, usually found in syndromic association with neurofibromatosis-2. The occurrence of seventh nerve schwannoma, especially in its extratemporal course, is very rare. Here, we present a case report of an extratemporal facial nerve schwannoma diagnosed preoperatively with cytopathology and postoperative histopathologic confirmation. Histopathology provides the confirmatory diagnosis in such cases. An atypical diagnosis of neural schwannomas should be kept in mind when facial palsy is clinically encountered in the absence of any other aetiological factors. ER -