[Involvement of the facial nerve in tumors of the neck and face. Report of 17 cases]. / Afectación del nervio facial en los tumores de localización cervico-facial. Presentación de casos.

Seventh nerve involvement for tumors of the neck of the face is an event not too much infrequent. The paralysis can present due to direct propagation or for not close vicinity. Seventeen (17) patients with facial palsies in association with neoplasties seen in a four years term (1989 - 1992) are contemplated. This figure represents a 6.6 percent of the whole number studied (N. = 270). The paper deals with clinical, etio-pathogenic features and especially with the so-called "alarm signals".