Carotid pseudoaneurysms of petrous localization are rare. They are mostly due to trauma, tumoral or infectious diseases, or a result of iatrogenic complications after skull base surgery. Symptoms such as facial paralysis are exceptional and have rarely been described in the literature until now. We report the case of a 64-year-old woman, who developed left peripheral facial paralysis induced by...

Peripheral facial paralysis is a relative common condition; it is mostly idiopathic, when it receives the name Bell’s palsy. However, we should be aware of the differential diagnosis with less common severe or potentially lethal diseases. Thus, there are cases in which facial paralysis is a manifestation of a temporal bone metastasis. This is a rare situation, although its incidence has apparen...

UNLABELLED The etiology of idiopathic peripheral facial palsy (IPFP) is still uncertain; however, some authors suggest the possibility of a viral infection. AIM to analyze the ultrastructure of the facial nerve seeking viral evidences that might provide etiological data. MATERIAL AND METHODS We studied 20 patients with peripheral facial palsy (PFP), with moderate to severe FP, of both gende...

Cardiovascular events are more common in the winter months, possibly because of hemodynamic alterations in response to cold exposure. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of acute facial cooling on central aortic pressure, arterial stiffness, and wave reflection. Twelve healthy subjects (age 23 +/- 3 yr; 6 men, 6 women) underwent supine measurements of carotid-femoral pulse wav...

" apoplectic strokes " is one of the most important and most interesting fields for research at the present time. They cut short so many vigorous lives, or reduce them almost to the level of a vegetative existence. They arise, too, in the course of so many different diseases, and checkmate us when a prospect of recovery is in sight. The majority of the cases are accompanied by organic lesions, ...

Congenital and acquired forms of paralysis have usually been left in the hands of the family physician, supplemented by occasional visits to the nerve specialist or the shop for orthopsedic appliances ; and the treatment has been on the routine lines of electricitj* in some form, massage, hydrotherapeutics and nervine tonics. Hitherto the ordinary surgeon has shunned this class of case as much ...

acute idiopathic peripheral facial paralysis (bell's palsy) is the most common disorder of the facial nerve. most patients recover completely, although some have permanent disfiguring facial weakness. many studies have attempted to identify an infectious etiology for this disease. although the cause of bell's palsy remains unknown, recent studies suggest a possible association with herpes simpl...

In 1865, Claude Bernard wrote that ‘the constancy of the internal milieu is the essential condition to a free and independent life’ [1]. It would be hard to find a more illustrative paradigm for that statement than for the case of hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis (HyperPP) reported by Grgic et al. in this issue [2]. A 14-year-old male was admitted for a sudden ascending paralysis involving the ...

acial nerve neurinoma is a rare entity, although of great nterest, especially from the point of view of the differntial diagnosis of the causes of peripheral facial palsy.1 eurinomas are benign tumors, derived from Schwann cells. hey manifest mainly as peripheral facial palsy, which can e slow, gradually affecting several nerve branches, or with sudden onset.1,2 They progressively invade the mi...

OBJECTIVES To describe the split orbicularis myomucosal flap and to review our center's experience with this technique for large defects of the lower lip. METHODS All patients presenting to the senior author (Y.D.) for lower lip reconstruction using this flap were reviewed in a retrospective fashion. RESULTS A total of 14 patients with a minimum follow-up of 6 months (mean, 3.4 years; range...