Congenital unilateral facial palsy revealing a facial nerve agenesis: a case report and review of the literature

Facial nerve aplasia is an extremely rare condition that is usually syndromic, namely, in Moebius syndrome. The occurrence of isolated agenesis of facial nerve is even rarer, with only few cases reported in the literature. We report a case of congenital facial paralysis due to facial nerve aplasia d...

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Autores principales: Nordjoe, Yaotse Elikplim, Azdad, Ouidad, Lahkim, Mohamed, Jroundi, Laila, Laamrani, Fatima Zahrae
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology. 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6519490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31131118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20180029
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author Nordjoe, Yaotse Elikplim
Azdad, Ouidad
Lahkim, Mohamed
Jroundi, Laila
Laamrani, Fatima Zahrae
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description Facial nerve aplasia is an extremely rare condition that is usually syndromic, namely, in Moebius syndrome. The occurrence of isolated agenesis of facial nerve is even rarer, with only few cases reported in the literature. We report a case of congenital facial paralysis due to facial nerve aplasia diagnosed on MRI, while no noticeable abnormality was detected on the temporal bone CT.
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spelling pubmed-65194902019-05-24 Congenital unilateral facial palsy revealing a facial nerve agenesis: a case report and review of the literature Nordjoe, Yaotse Elikplim Azdad, Ouidad Lahkim, Mohamed Jroundi, Laila Laamrani, Fatima Zahrae BJR Case Rep Case Report Facial nerve aplasia is an extremely rare condition that is usually syndromic, namely, in Moebius syndrome. The occurrence of isolated agenesis of facial nerve is even rarer, with only few cases reported in the literature. We report a case of congenital facial paralysis due to facial nerve aplasia diagnosed on MRI, while no noticeable abnormality was detected on the temporal bone CT. The British Institute of Radiology. 2018-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6519490/ /pubmed/31131118 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20180029 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Nordjoe, Yaotse Elikplim
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Laamrani, Fatima Zahrae
Congenital unilateral facial palsy revealing a facial nerve agenesis: a case report and review of the literature
title Congenital unilateral facial palsy revealing a facial nerve agenesis: a case report and review of the literature
title_full Congenital unilateral facial palsy revealing a facial nerve agenesis: a case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Congenital unilateral facial palsy revealing a facial nerve agenesis: a case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Congenital unilateral facial palsy revealing a facial nerve agenesis: a case report and review of the literature
title_short Congenital unilateral facial palsy revealing a facial nerve agenesis: a case report and review of the literature
title_sort congenital unilateral facial palsy revealing a facial nerve agenesis: a case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6519490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31131118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20180029
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