Facial palsy following trauma to the external ear: 3 case reports

Autor: Vo@?gelin, E., Jones, B.M.
Zdroj: British Journal of Plastic Surgery; December 1997, Vol. 50 Issue: 8 p646-648, 3p
Abstrakt: We report two children and a young adult who developed unilateral facial palsy shortly after injury to the external ear. In two instances the paralysis followed a prominent ear correction and in the other a laceration to the concha. The trauma-triggered facial palsy was most likely idiopathic although the anatomy of the facial nerve near the ear leads one to speculate on a possible pathway of a virally induced palsy (Bell's palsy). Each patient recovered over a period of 6 months.
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