Bell's palsy is the most frequent disease of the seventh cranial nerve, with a good prognosis. More than 70% patients attain complete clinical recovery, with no noticeable residua. Persistent sequellas are usually noted in cases with profound axonal loss only. Electrophysiological tests may offer valuable information in defining the severity of nerve injury and a possible subsequent disfunction...

INTRODUCTION Nerve entrapment while suturing a lacerated wound is a complication that is easily avoidable. We report a case low ulnar nerve palsy due to nerve entrapment while suturing a lacerated wound. CASE REPORT A 48 year old lady came with complaints of pain and a lacerated wound over the dorsomedial aspect of lower third of the left forearm. The lacerated wound was sutured elsewhere one...

Clewett Price, D. M., and Trounce, D. Q. (1973). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 48, 881. Cyclic oculomotor paralysis. Cyclic oculomotor palsy is a rare condition that is usually either congenital or presents in early childhood. Its essential features consist of paralysis of the oculomotor nerve supplying one eye with cycles of involuntary spasm and relaxation of the sphincter pupillae, and u...

isolated third nerve palsy develops in numerous intracranial pathologies such as closed head trauma, tumor, and aneurysm. this report describes a 61 years old female with an abrasion on the left forehead and ptosis of the left eye. initial computed tomography did not reveal any causative cerebral and vascular lesions or orbital and cranial fractures. high-resolution and multi-axial enhanced mag...

tuberculous spondylitis is not an uncommon disease of the spine. near one percent of all cases of spinal tuberculosis (tb) involves craniocervical junction. hypoglossal nerve palsy is not an uncommon neurological finding, but isolated involvement of the hypoglossal nerve is rare and limited to case reports or small case series. here, we report a case of craniocervical junction tuberculosis pres...

Pituitary adenomas are one of the most common intracranial tumors. Non-functioning macroadenomas usually diagnosed when they cause symptoms due to mass effect on surrounding structures. We present case a 48-year-old man who presented with headache associated ptosis right eye and right-sided blurry vision for three days. Initial computerized tomography (CT) scan head did not report mass, acute i...