Facial palsy in childhood may result from a variety of diseases. However, it rarely presents initially as cardiac myxoma. In this article, we report on a 12-year-old boy who suffered from recurrent facial palsy as the initial clinical manifestation, which resolved spontaneously within several days of hospital admission. The predisposing factor of the symptom was physical exercise. Brain magneti...

INTRODUCTION Although bilateral facial nerve palsy is a rare condition, its etiology is more detectable than the unilateral type. A temporal bone fracture is one cause of bilateral facial nerve palsy, contributing in 3% of the cases. CASE PRESENTATION Here, we report the case of a 35-year-old man complaining of bilateral incomplete eye closure, two weeks after a closed head injury caused by a...

Iatrogenic facial nerve injury is one of the most severe complications of cochlear implantation (CI) surgery. Intraoperative facial nerve monitoring (IFNM) is used as an adjunctive modality in a variety of neurotologic surgeries. The purpose of this retrospective study was to assess whether the use of IFNM is associated with postoperative facial nerve injury during CI surgery. The medical chart...

Background: Facial nerve palsy (seventh cranial palsy) is a common neurological problem. The etiology not fully understood but it thought to be due injury or compression throughout the seventh course. study aimed evaluate awareness of Hail region population about facial palsy, its risk factors, methods treatment, and prognosis. Methodology: This cross-sectional descriptive was conducted in from...

OBJECTIVES To study the correlation between Sunnybrook and House-Brackmann facial grading systems at different time points during the course of peripheral facial palsy. STUDY DESIGN Prospective multicenter trial. SETTING Seventeen otorhinolaryngological centers. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Data are part of the Scandinavian Bell's palsy study. The facial function of 1920 patients with peripheral ...