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An unusual presentation of Bell's palsy: A case report and review of literature

In clinical medicine there may be times when clinical conditions manifest differently both when they present individually or concomitantly. Such scenarios warrant a broader differential diagnosis with thorough investigations. We present one such case of a patient of Bell's palsy with unexplaine...

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Autores principales: McFarlin, Anna, Peckler, Bradley
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2700557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19561942
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.40574
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description In clinical medicine there may be times when clinical conditions manifest differently both when they present individually or concomitantly. Such scenarios warrant a broader differential diagnosis with thorough investigations. We present one such case of a patient of Bell's palsy with unexplained eye pain on the ipsilateral side. The patient had a chronic retinal detachment which became worse due to the concomitant Bell's palsy.
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spelling pubmed-27005572009-06-25 An unusual presentation of Bell's palsy: A case report and review of literature McFarlin, Anna Peckler, Bradley J Emerg Trauma Shock Case Report In clinical medicine there may be times when clinical conditions manifest differently both when they present individually or concomitantly. Such scenarios warrant a broader differential diagnosis with thorough investigations. We present one such case of a patient of Bell's palsy with unexplained eye pain on the ipsilateral side. The patient had a chronic retinal detachment which became worse due to the concomitant Bell's palsy. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC2700557/ /pubmed/19561942 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.40574 Text en © Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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