Magnetic resonance imaging in congenital facial palsy.
We report magnetic resonance (MR) findings in a patient with congenital unilateral facial palsy and a patient with atypical Moebius syndrome. MR imaging showed a complete deficiency of right facial nerve in the patient with congenital unilateral facial palsy and bilateral, thin proximal facial nerves in the Moebius syndrome patient. Three-dimensional constructive interference in steady state (3D-CISS) MR imaging, especially reconstructions perpendicular to the bilateral internal auditory channel, was very useful when diagnosing patients with facial palsy due to the associated facial nerve abnormalities.
Sasaki
Masayuki
M
Department of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira 187-8551, Japan. masasaki@ncnp.go.jp
Imamura
Yoshihiko
Y
Sato
Noriko
N
D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male