Lower motor neuron facial palsy in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

With advances in the neuro-imaging modalities, diverse manifestations of the cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVT) are being recognized. There are very few reports of isolated cranial nerve palsies in CVT. In this case report, we describe a patient of lower motor neuron facial palsy with CVT who wa...

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Autores principales: Kulkarni, Girish Baburao, Ravi, Yadav, Nagaraja, Dindigur, Veerendrakumar, Mustare
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3724315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23914113
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.112776
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Sumario:With advances in the neuro-imaging modalities, diverse manifestations of the cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVT) are being recognized. There are very few reports of isolated cranial nerve palsies in CVT. In this case report, we describe a patient of lower motor neuron facial palsy with CVT who was successfully treated with anticoagulation, highlighting the atypical manifestation of the disease.

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