by H. Michael Baddour | Nov 16, 2020 | Case Discussions
58 yo WF with lower lip dystonia that can persists for months (in the contracted form you see below) and then have periods (months) of relaxation with no episodes. Denies any true fluctuating muscular spasms. When she presented to me she had no change in her exam...
by Teresa O | Nov 16, 2020 | Case Discussions
“51 yo F whose story first begins in Jan 2019. She had a rapidly growing (do not have path records) vestibular schwannoma excised in 1/2019, and became completely flaccid on the left side afterwards. A partial remnant was left in place during the surgery and...
by Tessa Hadlock | Nov 5, 2020 | Case Discussions
Gentleman with classic Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (vestibular sx, vesicular outbreak on pinna, and dense FP), underwent two rounds of steroids and antiviral therapy, with no sign of emergence from total flaccidity at 6 weeks. is there a role for decompression?
by Gaye Cronin | Oct 22, 2020 | Case Discussions
Two patients have presented in our clinic with bilateral facial paralysis following diagnosis of COVID-19. One was a 34-yo female, the other was a 44-yo male. The female’s right side resolved in 4 months, to H-B II, but the left has persisted at level III with...
by H. Michael Baddour | Sep 28, 2020 | Case Discussions
67 year old F with congenital FP who underwent ?serratus vs. latissimus free flap (unclear which from history) with CFNG in 1989. She never developed any movement per report, and when I saw her last week for the first time she has an extremely bulky flap in the left...
by Rachel Baptista | Aug 17, 2020 | Case Discussions
Hi to everyone! This Rachel from Brazil. I have a case that I want to discuss about treatment timing and options after traumatic facial palsy, It’s a 74y old female patient that had a mandibular /condylar fracture after hitting the ground. She went to surgical...
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