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, 6 August 2023Created page with "Peripheral facial palsy is a peripheral lesion of the facial nerve. In the cases where this lesion is idiopathic, the condition is called Bell’s palsy. == Etiology == * Idiopathic (= Bell’s palsy) * Infection ** VZV (herpes zoster oticus/Ramsay Hunt syndrome) ** Lyme disease * Trauma (involving pyramidal bone) * Parotid tumour * Brainstem stroke (involving facial nucleus) Bell’s palsy is caused by idiopathic inflammation of CN VII in the facial canal. It might b..."
(Created page with "Peripheral facial palsy is a peripheral lesion of the facial nerve. In the cases where this lesion is idiopathic, the condition is called Bell’s palsy. == Etiology == * Idiopathic (= Bell’s palsy) * Infection ** VZV (herpes zoster oticus/Ramsay Hunt syndrome) ** Lyme disease * Trauma (involving pyramidal bone) * Parotid tumour * Brainstem stroke (involving facial nucleus) Bell’s palsy is caused by idiopathic inflammation of CN VII in the facial canal. It might b...") |
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