The tailored CT evaluation of persistent facial nerve paralysis.
The clinical, radiographic, and pathologic records of 39 patients with peripheral facial nerve dysfunction seen from October 1981 through July 1984 are reviewed. The extent of preradiologic clinical localization of suspected lesions and their subsequent pathologic confirmation is correlated to the number, sequence, and type of radiographic evaluations performed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*