Introduction: Synkinesis and facial asymmetry due to facial nerve palsy are distressing conditions that affect quality of life. Unfortunately, these sequelae of facial nerve palsy are unresolved. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a combination of biofeedback therapy and botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) injection for the management of synkinesis and asymmetry of facial muscles.  ...

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 motor vehicle accident. 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, contributi...

simultaneous proptosis and facial palsy as the clinical presentation of childhood acute myeloid leukaemia (aml) is very rare. to date, no case have been reported anywhere to the best of our knowledge. extra medullary leukemic deposits or granulocytic sarcoma (gs) is a rare manifestation in about 3% of childhood aml, 9.3% of gs manifested as orbit deposits causing proptosis in one or both eyes. ...

BACKGROUND Data on incidence of facial palsy is generally lacking in Nigeria. OBJECTIVE To assess six years' incidence of facial palsy in Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital (MMSH), Kano, Nigeria. METHOD The records of patients diagnosed as facial problems between January 2000 and December 2005 were scrutinized. Data on diagnosis, age, sex, side affected, occupation and causes were obtaine...

Contrast-enhanced MR images (at 1.5 T) were obtained in 11 patients with facial palsy. The group included five people with acute idiopathic facial (Bell's) palsy, three with chronic idiopathic facial palsy, and one each with acute facial palsy after local radiation therapy, acute facial palsy resulting from herpes zoster virus infection, and facial palsy caused by facial neuroma. Eight of the 1...

BACKGROUND The objective was to identify the risk factors for, and incidence of, facial palsy following conservative parotidectomy. METHODS Conservative parotidectomies for benign diseases (N = 626) were studied retrospectively. The risk factors for postoperative facial palsy were determined by univariate and multivariate analyses of variables related to patient demographics, comorbid illness...

IMPORTANCE Although herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is a causative agent of Bell palsy, the precise mechanism of the paralysis remains unknown. It is necessary to investigate the pathogenesis and treatment of Bell palsy due to HSV-1 infection. OBJECTIVE This study elucidated the role of nitric oxide (NO) in the incidence of facial nerve paralysis caused by HSV-1 in mice and to evaluate th...

introduction: synkinesis and facial asymmetry due to facial nerve palsy are distressing conditions that affect quality of life. unfortunately, these sequelae of facial nerve palsy are unresolved. the aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a combination of biofeedback therapy and botulinum toxin a (btx-a) injection for the management of synkinesis and asymmetry of facial muscles.  ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To describe the clinical presentation of peripheral facial palsy caused by neoplastic meningitis. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series. METHODS Retrospective review, including accompanying symptoms and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. RESULTS Between January and December 2011, six patients were diagnosed with peripheral facial palsy caused by neoplastic m...