Cataract associated with long-term facial paralysis.
Of 29 patients with postoperative acoustic neuroma, five patients with facial paralysis developed unilateral lens opacities of unknown etiology on the paralyzed side, one to six years after surgery. The corneas were well maintained in all patients by means of either eyelid surgery or flush-fitting scleral contact shells. Four patients had anterior subcapsular opacities and in one patient a mature cataract developed. Thus, cataracts may be associated with long-term facial paralysis.
D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology*; D003714:Denervation / Q000009:adverse effects; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000601:surgery; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000150:complications; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve