Contribution:
Dr Melanie Lau
Patient data: 64-year-old Female
Presentation: Memory loss
Commentary: Incidental finding of a mass of the left facial nerve.
Seen on T2, no restriction on DWI
Unable to visualise pathology on other sequences
No other lesions were evident along the course of the facial nerve
Remote from CN VIII on T2 axial images
The patient was brought back for post-contrast sequences
Lesion strongly enhanced post-contrast
Diagnosis:
Presumed facial nerve schwannoma
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