Tick-Induced Facial Palsy.

Facial nerve paralysis due to intra-aural Hyalomma tick infestation.

We present the case of a 33 year-old man from a village of the north-eastern part of central Anatolia admitted to the otolaryngology department of Yeditepe University Hospital with right facial asymmetry and pain on the right ear. A tick of the genus Hyalomma was observed in the external auditory canal of the right ear and it was removed with fine cup forceps under otomicroscopy. We are of the ...

Isolated facial palsy due to intra-aural tick (ixodoidea) infestation

Season is an unreliable predictor of Lyme neuroborreliosis.

INTRODUCTION Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) is a tick-borne infection of the nervous system caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. The primary symptoms are usually painful radiculitis, facial palsy and lymphocytic meningitis. The aim of this study was to provide data on the seasonal variation, anamnesis, symptoms, laboratory data and course of the disease in adults (≥ 16 years)....

Neuroborreliosis REVIEW

ing tick bite (Garin-Bujadoux-Bannwarth, or Bannwarth’s syndrome). Because a tick-borne infection was suspected, some patients were empirically treated with penicillin and rapidly recovered. Then, in the late 1970s, a tick-borne disease was diagnosed in children in Lyme, Connecticut. The fi rst manifestation of what at fi rst was thought to be a novel disease, named Lyme disease, was erythema a...

Neuroendocrine Adenoma of Middle Ear Causing Acute Onset Facial Palsy- A Rare Case Report

Introduction: Acute facial nerve palsy secondary to neuroendocrine adenoma of the middle ear (NAME) is a rare disorder. There is only one case report in the literature describing similar findings.   Case Report: A 50-year-old man initially presented to ENT clinic with a right-sided middle ear mass and normal facial nerve function. Over the next six days,...