Facial Baroparesis Mimicking Stroke

We report a case of a 55-year-old male who experienced unilateral facial muscle paralysis upon ascent to altitude on a commercial airline flight, with resolution of symptoms shortly after descent. The etiology was determined to be facial nerve barotrauma, or facial baroparesis, which is a known but...

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Autores principales: Krywko, Diann M., Clare, D. Tyler, Orabi, Mohamad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849252
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.1.36488
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description We report a case of a 55-year-old male who experienced unilateral facial muscle paralysis upon ascent to altitude on a commercial airline flight, with resolution of symptoms shortly after descent. The etiology was determined to be facial nerve barotrauma, or facial baroparesis, which is a known but rarely reported complication of scuba diving, with even fewer cases reported related to aviation. The history and proposed pathogenesis of this unique disease process are described.
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spelling pubmed-59651122018-05-30 Facial Baroparesis Mimicking Stroke Krywko, Diann M. Clare, D. Tyler Orabi, Mohamad Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report We report a case of a 55-year-old male who experienced unilateral facial muscle paralysis upon ascent to altitude on a commercial airline flight, with resolution of symptoms shortly after descent. The etiology was determined to be facial nerve barotrauma, or facial baroparesis, which is a known but rarely reported complication of scuba diving, with even fewer cases reported related to aviation. The history and proposed pathogenesis of this unique disease process are described. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5965112/ /pubmed/29849252 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.1.36488 Text en © 2018 Krywko et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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