title: Cranial nerve palsies in renal osteodystrophy.
abstract: There is a wide differential diagnosis for patients presenting with multiple cranial nerve palsies, including infectious, inflammatory, malignant, genetic, toxic, and metabolic conditions. This report describes the clinical features, neuroimaging findings, and response to surgical treatment in a patient with bilateral deafness and recurrent episodes of bilateral facial nerve palsy that were caused by renal osteodystrophy. It is suggested that renal osteodystrophy be considered in the differential diagnosis of multiple cranial nerve palsies in the appropriate clinical setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. faridaabid@aol.com <faridaabid@aol.com>
authors.forename: Farida
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abid
authors.forename: Irfan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lalani
authors.forename: Asma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zakaria
authors.forename: Sergio A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Facchini
authors.forename: Jill V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D012080:Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging