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Single-stage Dynamic Reanimation of the Smile in Irreversible Facial Paralysis by Free Functional Muscle Transfer
Published on: March 1, 2015
[Peripheral facial palsy as the first symptom of a metastatic bronchogenic carcinoma]
M Teschner1, M Durisin, A Mangold
1Hals-Nasen-Ohrenklinik der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover. teschner.magnus@mh-hannover.de
Background:
We present a case of a facial palsy as the initial symptom of a bronchogenic carcinoma.
Methods:
Case-report. A 56-year-old patient presented with a peripheral facial palsy. The clinical picture as well as the temporal bone CT were without pathological findings. A 10-day rheologic therapy as well as anti-viral medication were not successful. Five days after rheological therapy had been completed, the patient presented a swelling of the neck. In the computer tomography we found a bilateral thrombosis of the internal jugular vein. In addition, the clinical picture of a left-sided glossopharyngeal palsy appeared. The following thorax CT as well as the diagnostic extirpation of an enlarged cervical lymph node lead to the diagnosis of a metastasized smallcell neuro-endocrine bronchogenic carcinoma with a compression of the right primary bronchus and the vena cava superior as well as an upper inflow congestion. In the cMRT we furthermore found a metastasis in the area of the foramen stylomastoideum. The patient underwent emergency radiation and chemotherapy.
Results:
According to the present findings, this metastasis lead to the facial palsy as the initial symptom of the bronchogenic carcinoma.
Conclusion:
Therefore, therapy resistant facial palsy should be further diagnosed in detail, especially examined by imaging procedures.
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