title: [Multiple cranial nerve involvement: consider the diagnosis of cephalic tetanus. A case report and review of the literature].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cephalic tetanus is the most serious form of localized tetanus. It associates trismus with impairment of one or more cranial nerves. It was a rare condition, whose diagnosis can raise several problems.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 49-year-old-man presented multiple and unilateral cranial nerve involvement revealing cephalic tetanus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case illustrates the importance of considering cephalic tetanus when patients present cranial nerve palsy associated with injury.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, CHU de Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia. saber_tn2002@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chebel
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Letaief
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boughammoura-Bouatay
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dachraoui
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ouanes
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ouanes-Besbes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abroug
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frih-Ayed
mesh_terms: D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D003975:Diazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009125:Muscle Relaxants, Central / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013742:Tetanus / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D009125:Muscle Relaxants, Central; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid; D003975:Diazepam