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Congenital facial nerve palsy: Single center study

OBJECTIVES: This study will list the most common comorbidities of congenital facial nerve palsy and how to detect and treat them, with special attention for ENT-problems such as hearing loss. Congenital facial nerve palsy is a very rare entity but in UZ Brussels hospital there was a follow-up of 16...

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Autores principales: Baelen, Hermine, Esschendal, Anne-Marie, De Brucker, Yannick, Foulon, Ina, Topsakal, Vedat, Gordts, Frans
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9986544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36891227
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1077238
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author Baelen, Hermine
Esschendal, Anne-Marie
De Brucker, Yannick
Foulon, Ina
Topsakal, Vedat
Gordts, Frans
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description OBJECTIVES: This study will list the most common comorbidities of congenital facial nerve palsy and how to detect and treat them, with special attention for ENT-problems such as hearing loss. Congenital facial nerve palsy is a very rare entity but in UZ Brussels hospital there was a follow-up of 16 children in the last 30 years. METHODS: Literature review has been done, combined with thorough research of our own series of 16 children with congenital facial nerve palsy. RESULTS: Congenital facial nerve palsy can be part of a known syndrome, most commonly Moebius syndrome, but can also appear solely. It appears often bilateral and with a severe gradation. In our series, hearing loss is frequently seen in association with congenital facial nerve palsy. Other abnormalities are dysfunction of the abducens nerve, ophthalmological problems, retro- or micrognathism and abnormalities of limbs or heart. The majority of the children in our series underwent radiological imaging (CT and/or MRI): the facial nerve but also the vestibulocochlear nerve and middle and inner ear can be evaluated. CONCLUSION: A multidisciplinary approach of congenital facial nerve palsy is recommended as it can affect various bodily functions. Radiological imaging needs to be done to acquire additional information that can be useful for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Although congenital facial nerve palsy may not be treatable itself, its comorbidities can be treated and improve the quality of life of the affected child.
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spelling pubmed-99865442023-03-07 Congenital facial nerve palsy: Single center study Baelen, Hermine Esschendal, Anne-Marie De Brucker, Yannick Foulon, Ina Topsakal, Vedat Gordts, Frans Front Pediatr Pediatrics OBJECTIVES: This study will list the most common comorbidities of congenital facial nerve palsy and how to detect and treat them, with special attention for ENT-problems such as hearing loss. Congenital facial nerve palsy is a very rare entity but in UZ Brussels hospital there was a follow-up of 16 children in the last 30 years. METHODS: Literature review has been done, combined with thorough research of our own series of 16 children with congenital facial nerve palsy. RESULTS: Congenital facial nerve palsy can be part of a known syndrome, most commonly Moebius syndrome, but can also appear solely. It appears often bilateral and with a severe gradation. In our series, hearing loss is frequently seen in association with congenital facial nerve palsy. Other abnormalities are dysfunction of the abducens nerve, ophthalmological problems, retro- or micrognathism and abnormalities of limbs or heart. The majority of the children in our series underwent radiological imaging (CT and/or MRI): the facial nerve but also the vestibulocochlear nerve and middle and inner ear can be evaluated. CONCLUSION: A multidisciplinary approach of congenital facial nerve palsy is recommended as it can affect various bodily functions. Radiological imaging needs to be done to acquire additional information that can be useful for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Although congenital facial nerve palsy may not be treatable itself, its comorbidities can be treated and improve the quality of life of the affected child. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9986544/ /pubmed/36891227 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1077238 Text en © 2023 Baelen, Esschendal, De Brucker, Foulon, Topsakal and Gordts. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Baelen, Hermine
Esschendal, Anne-Marie
De Brucker, Yannick
Foulon, Ina
Topsakal, Vedat
Gordts, Frans
Congenital facial nerve palsy: Single center study
title Congenital facial nerve palsy: Single center study
title_full Congenital facial nerve palsy: Single center study
title_fullStr Congenital facial nerve palsy: Single center study
title_full_unstemmed Congenital facial nerve palsy: Single center study
title_short Congenital facial nerve palsy: Single center study
title_sort congenital facial nerve palsy: single center study
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9986544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36891227
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1077238
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