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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2016; 11(04): 446
DOI: 10.4103/1793-5482.145056
CASE REPORT

Spontaneous recovery of post-traumatic acute bilateral facial and abducens nerve palsy

Pravin Salunke
Department of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh
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Karthigeyan Madhivanan
Department of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh
,
Nasib Kamali
Department of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh
,
Ravi Garg
Department of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh
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Bilateral abducens and facial palsy following head injury are extremely rare. We present a patient with post-traumatic bilateral facial and abducens palsy. There were bitemporal fractures that did not correspond with the facial canal. Despite complete facial palsy with axonal degeneration and > 90% facial muscle degenervation, conservative management helped. This report highlights the importance of conservative management in post-traumatic complete facial palsy especially when the fracture line does not correspond with the facial canal.

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Bilateral abducens palsy - bilateral facial palsy - post-traumatic


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