Multiple cranial nerves palsies following a posterior fossa exploration confined to an extradural compartment is a rare clinical presentation. This case report describes a young man who developed a unilateral abducens and bilateral facial nerve palsies following a posterior fossa exploration confined to an extradural compartment. There are different theories to explain this presentation, but th...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is an uncommon head and neck malignancy which can rarely present with cranial nerve palsies. Here we report a case of nasopharyngeal mass presented initially ophthalmic complaints due to compression nerves in superior orbital fissure resulting Rochen-Duvigneaud syndrome. It was histologically proven as non keratinising differentiated type

Neuromuscular choristoma (NMC) is a rare benign tumor involving nests of myocytes and neural elements that primarily affects peripheral nerves, much less commonly can present intracranially, cranial nerves. It has previously been called hamartoma or triton tumor. Patients typically in the first two decades life with nerve palsies generalized neurologic symptoms.

MJA • Volume 184 Number 12 • 19 June 2006 he ca wo T incidence of non-melanotic head and neck skin ncers in Queensland is among the highest in the rld. Perineural spread (PNS) from these lesions involves either small nerves, identified at pathological examination (incidental), or large nerves, presenting clinically as cranial nerve palsies. Basal cell carcinoma is the more common skin cancer, b...

The material for this paper comprises four case reports, which must necessarily be presented in some detail, having regard to the points in which they resemble and differ from one another. The resemblance between these cases is close enough to suggest that they constitute a recognizable clinical syndrome. As to their aetiology, the data permit no definite conclusion but suggest the possibility ...

Cranial Arteritis With Liver Involvement • An elderly man with cranial nerve palsies was found to have cranial arteritis. Laboratory studies established concurrent liver disease which improved with treatment. The liver and brain stem pathology is discussed. ADDITIONAL

Introduction: Metastatic tumors of the temporal bone are extremely rare. Collet-Sicard syndrome is an uncommon condition characterized by unilateral palsy of the lower four cranial nerves. The clinical features of temporal bone metastasis are nonspecific and mimic infections such as chronic otitis media and mastoiditis.   Case Report: This report describes a rare case of metastatic adenocarcino...