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Facial diplegia and deafness following a fall
A 45-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) after falling down two flights of stairs. He had bilateral raccoon eyes, subconjunctival haemorrhages and CSF otorrhoea suggestive of skull base fracture (SBF). Although he had difficulty speaking and responded inappropriately, giving the impression of mixed dysphasia, written communication was normal, and he complained of deafness an...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
سال: 1921
ISSN: 0022-3018
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-192101000-00024