Citation

Klančnik M, Ivanišević P, Martinić MK, Smoje P, Vucemilovic MZ. Case Rep. Otolaryngol. 2020; 2020: e1391692.

Affiliation

University of Split, School of Medicine, Šoltanska 2, 21000 Split, Croatia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Hindawi Publishing)

DOI

10.1155/2020/1391692

PMID

32123593

PMCID

PMC7044475

Abstract

We present a case of a low energy penetrating neck injury with only facial nerve (FN) palsy in the clinical finding. A 32-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency department with a penetrating injury on the right side of the neck just behind the right ear, accompanied by evident right (FN) palsy, evaluated as House Brackmann grade IV. Computed tomography demonstrated an isolated soft tissue injury in the right retroauricular region without bone fracture, parotid gland lesion, or vascular structure involvement. The FN palsy was treated with corticosteroids (CS), and the patient had an uneventful and complete recovery. This case report presents an unusual mechanism of isolated, extratemporal, blunt injury of the FN after a penetrating neck injury followed by complete recovery.

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Language: en