A Rare Case of Concomitant Abducens and Contralateral Lower Motor Neuron Facial Nerve Palsies Following Blunt Head Trauma Associated With Temporal Bone Fracture
Abstract:This case report describes a case of concomitant abducens and contralateral lower motor neuron facial nerve palsies following blunt head trauma
associated with left temporal bone fracture. A 11year old boy was brought to the emergency department with alleged history of fall from swing set.
Detailed ocular examination and assessment of function of all the twelve cranial nerves of the patient revealed left oculomotor nerve paresis, left
abducens nerve palsy and right sided lower motor neuron (LMN) facial nerve p… Show more
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