title: Slowly progressive facial paralysis due to vascular malformation of the brain stem.
abstract: Slowly progressive facial paralysis is suggestive of a diagnosis other than Bell's palsy. A case of slowly progressive facial paralysis caused by a cavernous angioma of the brain stem is presented. The classification of vascular malformations of the central nervous system is described with emphasis on the MRI appearance of these lesions.
authors.affiliation: Facial Paralysis Center, Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15232.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kubal
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged