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...

purpose: to determine the distribution of oculomotor, abducens, and trochlear nerve palsies in diabetic patients with ocular nerve palsy. methods: this study was performed on all diabetic patients who referred to ophthalmology and neurology clinics at yazd medical science university because of ocular palsy from march 2004 to october 2005. signs and symptoms of the disorder were evaluated. resul...

purpose: to evaluate the results of augmented vertical rectus muscle transposition with intraoperative botulinum toxin for complete and chronic sixth nerve palsy. methods: during a 10 years period (1381-1390) all patients with chronic and complete sixth nerve palsy, and contracted medial rectus (mr) underwent augmented vertical rectus muscle transposition with botulimum toxin injection into the...

Introduction: Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an acute-onset autoimmune-mediated neuropathy. can be divided into three subtypes: acute inflammatory demyelinating poly-radiculo-neuropathy (AIDP), motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN), and sensory (AMSAN). About 20% of patients with GBS develop respiratory failure require mechanical ventilation. We are presenting a variant (Miller Fisher Syndrome, or M...

objective: pseudotumor cerbri (ptc) is a clinical syndrome characterized by increased intra-cranial pressure (icp) without any evidence of a mass lesion or any obstructive process. the incidence is 0.9-2 per 100.000 people. it is more frequent in adults in the 20-30 years age group, especially obese women, and less common in pediatric age groups; 11-16 years old children may however suffer from...

Moebius syndrome is a rare congenital disorder that is characterized by lifetime paralysis, involving a group of cranial nerves. It involves the abducent, facial, oculomotor and hypoglossal nerve. In literature, the definition and diagnostic criteria vary among different authors. Here we report 2 interesting cases of Moebius syndrome in a 12 1⁄4 year and a 5-year old female patients with peculi...

OBJECTIVE To determine feasibility of ultrasonography in detecting the normal accessory nerve as well as pathologic changes in cases of accessory nerve palsy. METHODS Four patients with accessory nerve palsy were investigated by ultrasonography. Three cases of accessory nerve palsy after lymph node biopsy and neck dissection were primarily diagnosed on the basis of ultrasonography using a 5- ...

how to cite this article: harsh v, chengazhacherril r.b, sharmak, kalakoti p, gupta u, ahmad w, kumar a. sciatic nerve injection palsy in children. iran j child neurol. autumn 2016; 10(4):86-87.   letter to editor  pls see pdf file.   references 1. toopchizadeh v, barzegar m, habibzadeh a. sciatic nerve injection palsy in children, electrophysiologic pattern and outcome: a case series study. ir...

PATIENT Female, 47 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Traumatic bilateral abducens • unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy SYMPTOMS Diplopia Medication: - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Neurology Objective: Rare disease. BACKGROUND Incidence of unilateral abducens palsy from head trauma has been reported to be as high as 1% to 2.7%, but bilateral abducens nerve palsy is extremely rare. CASE REPORT We presen...