Spontaneous recovery of post-traumatic acute bilateral facial and abducens nerve palsy.
Bilateral abducens and facial palsy following head injury are extremely rare. We present a patient with post-traumatic bilateral facial and abducens palsy. There were bitemporal fractures that did not correspond with the facial canal. Despite complete facial palsy with axonal degeneration and > 90% facial muscle degenervation, conservative management helped. This report highlights the importance of conservative management in post-traumatic complete facial palsy especially when the fracture line does not correspond with the facial canal.
Department of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Pravin
P
Salunke
Department of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Karthigeyan
K
Madhivanan
Department of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Nasib
N
Kamali
Department of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Ravi
R
Garg
Bilateral abducens palsy; bilateral facial palsy; post-traumatic
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