Facial nerve involvement in pseudotumor cerebri.
A woman with history of bifrontal headache, vomiting and loss of vision was diagnosed as a case of pseudotumor cerebri based on clinical and MRI findings. Bilateral abducens and facial nerve palsies were detected. Pseudotumor cerebri in this patient was not associated with any other illness or related to drug therapy. Treatment was given to lower the raised intracranial pressure to which the patient responded.
Bakshi
S K
SK
Dept of Medicine, Seth GS Medical College, Parel, Bombay, Maharashtra.
Oak
J L
JL
Chawla
K P
KP
Kulkarni
S D
SD
Apte
N
N
D000010:Abducens Nerve; D000328:Adult; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use
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