inherited facial palsy without involvement of other cranial nerves or facial and limb anomalies has been reported rarely in the literature. in the classic mobius syndrome, as a syndrome of rhombencephalic development, in addition to facial palsy, there are bilateral or unilateral abducens palsy, dysmorphic facial features, and limb anomalies. we found 11 patients with isolated facial palsy in f...

Background: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVT) is a rare neurological emergency that occurs more often among women during pregnancy and puerperium than the general population. Isolated cranial nerve palsies are uncommon in pregnant abducens palsy extremely rare. Methods: We report case of woman with hypothyroidism gestational diabetes mellitus at 32+3 weeks gestation who was diagnosed hyper...

The Wildervanck (or cervico-oculo-acoustic) syndrome consists of the characteristic triad of Klippel-Feil anomaly, abducens nerve palsy, and congenital deafness. It is a rare "disorder of polygenic heredity with sex limitation predominant to the female" (female-male ratio is 10: 1) ( 1 ). Hearing loss is most commonly neurosensory due to developmental inner ear anomalies. Only a single case of ...