To report a rare case of schwannoma presenting as a right postauricular mass without symptoms. PATIENTS: An adult female patient presented with a 5-year history of right postauricular mass, sensorineural hearing loss, and occasional headache.
Clinicians should include schwannoma in the differential diagnosis for asymptomatic postauricular masses, but this single case report provides no evidence to change established diagnostic or management protocols.
Schwannomas in the postauricular region are rare and can mimic benign skin lesions, so awareness of their asymptomatic presentation may reduce diagnostic delays.
- 01Rare schwannoma presented as a painless, slow-growing mass behind the ear over five years.
- 02Patient was an adult female; no hearing loss or facial nerve deficits were reported.
- 03Asymptomatic presentation makes clinical differentiation from benign skin masses challenging.
- 04Case highlights the importance of histopathological confirmation for postauricular masses.
- 05Published in the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery (PMID 42117576).
Schwannoma can present as an asymptomatic postauricular mass with a five-year history and no neurological deficits.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42117576
- DOI
- 10.1097/SCS.0000000000012918.
- Journal
- Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
- Publication type
- case_report
- Evidence level
- 4
- Sample size
- 1
- Population
- Adult female with a five-year history of an asymptomatic right postauricular mass
- Intervention
- Diagnosis and characterization of postauricular schwannoma
Primary outcomes
Histopathological confirmation of schwannoma diagnosis; Clinical characterization of asymptomatic postauricular presentation