Pontine stroke presenting as isolated facial nerve palsy mimicking Bell's palsy: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Isolated facial nerve palsy usually manifests as Bell's palsy. Lacunar infarct involving the lower pons is a rare cause of solitary infranuclear facial paralysis. The present unusual case is one in which the patient appeared to have Bell's palsy but turned out to have a ponti...

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Autores principales: Agarwal, Rishi, Manandhar, Lochana, Saluja, Paramveer, Grandhi, Bala
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3141723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21729278
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-287

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3141723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21729278
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-287

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