Parotid duct injury as a complication of differential seventh nerve ablation.
A 68-year-old man with intermittent blepharospasm complained of pain and induration after undergoing differential ablation of the seventh nerve. Because radiation therapy was ineffective, we inserted a 5-mm silicone tube into a serous cyst in the parotid gland. The induration subsided and the patient's recovery was uneventful.
D000368:Aged; D001764:Blepharospasm / Q000601:surgery*; D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000601:surgery