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Peripheral type facial palsy caused by pontine lacunar infarction
Author(s) -
Furuhashi Yuri,
Furuya Kohei,
Yokose Misato,
Suzuki Masayuki,
Kim Younhee,
Miura Kumiko,
Ozawa Tadashi,
Matsuzono Kosuke,
Mashiko Takafumi,
Shimazaki Haruo,
Koide Reiji,
Fujimoto Shigeru
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
neurology and clinical neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
0ISSN - 2049-4173
DOI - 10.1111/ncn3.12212
Subject(s) - medicine , palsy , peripheral , tegmentum , facial nerve , abducens nerve , infarction , surgery , pathology , central nervous system , cardiology , myocardial infarction , midbrain , alternative medicine
Cases of central nervous system ( CNS ) disorders manifesting peripheral type facial palsy are rare. We report a 70‐year‐old man with a small infarct of the pontine tegmentum who presented with acute‐onset peripheral facial palsy. In the case of infarction in this area, combined symptoms of peripheral facial palsy and abducens nerve palsy are often found, but peripheral facial palsy may occur as the only symptom as in our present case. In the differential diagnosis of peripheral facial nerve palsy, we should also consider the possibility of stroke such as pontine tegmentum infarction.