Cases of central nervous system (CNS) disorders manifesting peripheral type facial palsy are rare. We report a 70-year-old man with a small infarct of the pontine tegmentum who presented with acute-onset peripheral facial palsy. In the case of infarction in this area, combined symptoms of peripheral facial palsy and abducens nerve palsy are often found, but peripheral facial palsy may occur as the only symptom as in our present case. In the differential diagnosis of peripheral facial nerve palsy, we should also consider the possibility of stroke such as pontine tegmentum infarction.
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Brown Univ, Div Pediat Emergency Med, Dept Emergency Med, Warren Alpert Med Sch, Providence, RI 02912 USA
Rhode Isl Hosp, Providence, RI 02903 USABrown Univ, Div Pediat Emergency Med, Dept Emergency Med, Warren Alpert Med Sch, Providence, RI 02912 USA
Garro, Aris
Nigrovic, Lise E.
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Boston Childrens Hosp, Div Emergency Med, Boston, MA USA
Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA USABrown Univ, Div Pediat Emergency Med, Dept Emergency Med, Warren Alpert Med Sch, Providence, RI 02912 USA
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Ankara Childrens Hematol Oncol Training & Res Hos, Dept Pediat Neurol, Ankara, TurkeyAnkara Childrens Hematol Oncol Training & Res Hos, Dept Pediat Neurol, Ankara, Turkey
Karalok, Zeynep Selen
Taskin, Birce Dilge
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Ankara Childrens Hematol Oncol Training & Res Hos, Dept Pediat Neurol, Ankara, TurkeyAnkara Childrens Hematol Oncol Training & Res Hos, Dept Pediat Neurol, Ankara, Turkey
Taskin, Birce Dilge
Ozturk, Zeynep
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Ankara Childrens Hematol Oncol Training & Res Hos, Dept Pediat Neurol, Ankara, TurkeyAnkara Childrens Hematol Oncol Training & Res Hos, Dept Pediat Neurol, Ankara, Turkey
Ozturk, Zeynep
Gurkas, Esra
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Ankara Childrens Hematol Oncol Training & Res Hos, Dept Pediat Neurol, Ankara, TurkeyAnkara Childrens Hematol Oncol Training & Res Hos, Dept Pediat Neurol, Ankara, Turkey
Gurkas, Esra
Koc, Tuba Bulut
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Ankara Childrens Hematol Oncol Training & Res Hos, Dept Pediat, Ankara, TurkeyAnkara Childrens Hematol Oncol Training & Res Hos, Dept Pediat Neurol, Ankara, Turkey
Koc, Tuba Bulut
Guven, Alev
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Ankara Childrens Hematol Oncol Training & Res Hos, Dept Pediat Neurol, Ankara, TurkeyAnkara Childrens Hematol Oncol Training & Res Hos, Dept Pediat Neurol, Ankara, Turkey
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Hop Instruct Val de Grace, Serv Imagerie Med, F-75230 Paris 5, FranceHop Instruct Armees Percy, Serv ORL & Chirurg Cervicofaciale, F-92141 Clamart, France