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Vestibular involvement in bell's palsy
Author(s) -
Rauchbach Erol,
May Mark,
Stroud Malcolm H.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197508000-00017
Subject(s) - electronystagmography , medicine , palsy , bell's palsy , vestibular system , facial nerve , mononeuropathy , audiology , paralysis , nystagmus , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , peripheral neuropathy , alternative medicine , pathology , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus
Vestibular involvement in the acute phase of idiopathic facial paralysis (Bell's palsy) was observed in 22 percent of 14 patients. These patients were evaluated by history, physical examination and caloric tests with electronystagmography (ENG) employing the Cawthorne‐Hallpike technique. Bell's palsy has been considered a mononeuropathy limited to the facial nerve. Evidence of occasional involvement of other cranial nerves (Vth and/or VIIIth) suggests a polyneuropathy. Several theories have been advanced to explain the involvement of the vestibular nerve. This is a report confirming, in part, previous observations.