Legionnaires' Disease with Facial Nerve Palsy [PDF]
Legionnaires' disease is primarily a pneumonic process caused byLegionella pneumophilia, a gram-negative aerobic bacillus but also has multiple system involvement. The most common manifestation is encephalopathy suggesting a generalized brain dysfunction but focal neurological manifestations have been reported.
Shailesh R. Basani+2 more
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PARALYSIS OF THE FACIAL NERVE IN CONNECTION WITH DISEASES OF THE EAR. [PDF]
[Read before the Section on Ophthalmology, Otology and Laryngology of the American Medical Association, June, 1883.] Diseases of the ear and their connection with general medicine is a subject of grave importance, and the general practitioner who neglects or omits their study will often fall into serious errors of diagnosis, and of necessity be ...
Laurence Turnbull
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A rise in facial nerve palsies during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic [PDF]
AbstractObjectiveAn increase in spontaneous lower motor neuron facial nerve (VIIth cranial nerve) palsies was seen during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 outbreak in our emergency clinic. This led us to perform a single-centre cohort review.MethodsA retrospective review was conducted of VIIth cranial nerve palsies from January to ...
Matthew Zammit+2 more
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Hansen’s disease and HIV coinfection with facial nerve palsy [PDF]
ABSTRACTThere are very few published reports of HIV leprosy co infection in India in spite of having a large burden of both leprosy and HIV. Herein we are reporting a case of co-infection of Hansen’s disease and HIV with facial nerve palsy.
Nidhi Yadav+3 more
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Facial Nerve Paralysis: Rare Neurological Complication of Kawasaki Disease [PDF]
KD Kawasaki disease (KD) or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome was originally described by Kawasaki in 1967...
Tao Wang
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Coronavirus Disease-19 Pneumonia with Facial Nerve Palsy and Olfactory Disturbance
The novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, has spread worldwide from China. There are no case reports from Asia of COVID-19 with facial paralysis and olfactory disturbance. We herein report a case of COVID-19 pneumonia in a Japanese woman who showed facial nerve palsy and olfactory ...
Yoshito Homma+3 more
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A rare cause of facial nerve palsy in a young infant: Kawasaki disease [PDF]
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a vasculitis in which the most common complication is development of coronary aneurysms. Neurological complications rarely occur in KD patients such as facial nerve palsy (FNP). FNP associated with KD may indicate increased risk of coronary artery aneurysm.
Ali Orgun+4 more
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Assessment of Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring Parameters Associated With Facial Nerve Outcome in Parotidectomy for Benign Disease [PDF]
Prior studies suggest that the use of facial nerve monitoring decreases the rate of immediate postoperative facial nerve weakness in parotid surgery, but published data are lacking on normative values for these parameters or cutoff values to prognosticate facial nerve outcomes.To identify intraoperative facial nerve monitoring parameters associated ...
Catherine T. Haring+22 more
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Kawasaki Disease with Facial Nerve Palsy [PDF]
Yo Murata+6 more
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Bilateral facial nerve palsy in a patient with West Nile neuroinvasive disease
Introduction: Bilateral facial nerve palsy (FNP) is a rare condition that is idiopathic in only 20%. FNP is the most common cranial neuropathy in West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND) but is usually unilateral and only a few cases of bilateral FNP have been reported.
Nataša Nikolić+6 more
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