introduction: malignant tumors of the parotid gland account scarcely for 5% of all head and neck tumors. most of these neoplasms have a high tendency for recurrence, local infiltration, perineural extension, and metastasis. although uncommon, these malignant tumors require complex surgical treatment sometimes involving a total parotidectomy including a complete facial nerve resection. severe fu...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Facial synkinesis and hyperkinesis commonly impair the outcome of facial nerve palsy. Botulinum toxin type A has shown positive results in the treatment of these symptoms. Our experience is reported in this article. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. METHODS Forty-one patients affected by facial synkinesis and hyperkinesis due to facial palsy were treated. The etiology of...

[Purpose] The aim of this clinical study was to investigate the benefits and the basic principles of ultrasonographic examination in the evaluation of sciatic nerve injuries. [Subjects and Methods] Patients with sciatic nerve injury were evaluated using a real-time utrasonographic examination. The capabilty of ultrasonography in terms of determination of the type and the localization of injury,...

BACKGROUND Morton’s Neuroma is a common condition, often requiring surgical intervention. The success rate for resolution of symptoms, without complications, is commonly reported to be 85%. Complications can include stump neuroma, adhesive neuritis, and chronic pain syndrome. Endoscopic decompression of the neuroma has been reported but there have been no randomized and blinded studies reported...

Nerve capping techniques have been introduced as a promising treatment modality for the treatment of painful neuroma with varied outcomes; however, its exact mechanism is still unknown. RhoA is one of the members of the RAS superfamily of GTPases that operate as molecular switches and plays an important role in peripheral nerve regeneration. Our aim was to investigate the structural and morphol...

Intracellular recording and extracellular field potential (FP) recordings were obtained from spinal cord dorsal horn neurons (laminae I-IV) in a rat transverse slice preparation with attached dorsal roots. To study changes in synaptic inputs after neuroma formation, the sciatic nerve was sectioned and ligated 3 weeks before in vitro electrophysiological analysis. Horseradish peroxidase labeling...

Introduction: Malignant tumors of the parotid gland account scarcely for 5% of all head and neck tumors. Most of these neoplasms have a high tendency for recurrence, local infiltration, perineural extension, and metastasis. Although uncommon, these malignant tumors require complex surgical treatment sometimes involving a total parotidectomy including a complete facial nerve resection. Severe fu...

A 46-year-old woman had left-sided otalgia, tinnitus , hearing loss, and headaches centered on the left eye. Left peripheral facial nerve palsy occurred 2 days later, and the facial pain worsened. Brainstem auditory evoked potentials, usually abnormal in cases of acoustic neuroma, were normal. An MR study with TR = 2000, dual echo, and a 1 0-mm axial screening procedure showed only a vague asym...

how to cite this article:  inaloo s, katibeh p. guillain-barre syndrome presenting with bilateral facial nerve palsy. iran j child neurol. 2014 winter;8(1):69-71. objective this case study is about an 11-year-old girl with bilateral facial weakness, abnormal taste sensation, and deep tendon reflexes of both knees and ankles were absent. however, the muscle power of the lower and upper extremiti...

Symptomatic neuromas are an all-too-common complication following limb amputation or extremity trauma, leading to chronic and debilitating pain for patients. Surgical resection of symptomatic has proven be the superior method intervention, but traditional methods neuroma do not address underlying pathophysiology formation a future lead high reoperation rates. Novel approaches employ physiology ...