TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Unusual mechanism of facial nerve palsy caused by penetrating neck trauma
JO  - Case reports in otolaryngology
A1  - Klančnik, Marisa
A1  - Ivanišević, Petar
A1  - Martinić, Marina Krnić
A1  - Smoje, Petra
A1  - Vucemilovic, Marta Zrinka
SP  - e1391692
EP  - e1391692
VL  - 2020
IS  - 
N2  - 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.<br><br>Copyright © 2020 Marisa Klančnik et al.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2090-6765
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1391692
ID  - ref1
ER  -