Bilateral Post-Traumatic Facial Paralysis That Contains Longitudinal and Transverse Temporal Fracture.
J Craniofac Surg
; 29(5): 1305-1306, 2018 Jul.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29608481
ABSTRACT
Acute bilateral post-traumatic facial paralysis is rare in the literature. Post-traumatic facial paralysis is frequently accompanied transverse fractures of temporal more. The incidence of acute bilateral post-traumatic facial paralysis has been reported as 1 to 5 per million in the literature. Trauma and concurrent facial paralysis are usually in the same subsite (right temporal bone fracture and right facial paralysis). There is one pathophysiological pattern for a single temporal bone fracture in a subsite. The authors present a bilateral isolated different pathophysiological pattern sudden onset facial paralysis in a patient herein.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Skull Fractures
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Temporal Bone
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Facial Nerve Injuries
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Facial Paralysis
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
J Craniofac Surg
Journal subject:
ODONTOLOGIA
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article