by Nina Lu | Feb 13, 2020 | Case Discussions
Hi All, I have a lady in her 60s who had Bell’s Palsy 6 years ago looking for smile reanimation. Her face in repose looks just like a flaccid paralysis patient (effaced NLF, mouth pulled contralaterally, nasal deviation, etc). and she has no voluntary smile...
by Tessa Hadlock | Feb 10, 2020 | Case Discussions
11 year old developed isolated midfacial weakness during injection for tooth extraction at age three. Normal exam up to event, stable, non-progressive midfacial weakness since. Lower lip and brow normal. Etiology?
by Gaye Cronin | Jan 23, 2020 | Case Discussions
I have 2 cases of delayed facial paralysis post irradiation: First case is a 61 yo gentleman with AN that was irradiated in January of 2019, with total facial paralysis in July 2019, with some recovery beginning in October 2019. He is currently at H-B Scale III, with...
by H. Michael Baddour | Jan 21, 2020 | Case Discussions
I am planning to do a 5-7 but was curious to know if others would also pair this with a CFNG at 14 months and: 1) either bank it in the upper lip in the event 5-7 does not have a good outcome and need a GMT down the line or 2) actually place the graft end to end to...
by Teresa O | Jan 17, 2020 | Case Discussions
33 yo previously healthy male presents with 7 month h/o progressive facial weakness. Initial MRI at outside hospital read as ‘negative’. Repeat MRI and CT consistent with geniculate ganglion venous malformation. Facial nerve exam with tone but no...
by Arthur Scheffer | Sep 27, 2019 | Case Discussions
We would like to present the following case for your consideration. This particular patient is a 53-year old man. He was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy on the left-side in 2017 and unfortunately experienced incomplete recovery. Extensive mime-therapy over the past two...
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