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Medial Pontomedullary Stroke Mimicking Severe Bell’s Palsy: A Case Report

INTRODUCTION: Patients with acute unilateral upper and lower facial palsy frequently present to the emergency department fearing they have had a stroke, but many cases are benign Bell’s palsy. CASE REPORT: We present a rare case of a medial pontomedullary junction stroke causing upper and lower hemi...

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Autores principales: Boodaie, Benjamin, Amin, Manish, Sabetian, Katayoun, Quesada, Daniel, Torrico, Tyler
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32926691
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.5.46965