CONCURRENT TRIGEMINAL, ABDUCENS, AND FACIAL-NERVE PALSIES PRESENTING AS FALSE LOCALIZING SIGNS - CASE-REPORT

MULTIPLE CRANIAL NERVE dysfunction presenting as false localizing sign s is rare. We report a 20-year-old woman who had concurrent trigeminal sensory disturbance, abducens, and peripheral facial nerve palsies in association with a contralateral acoustic neuroma. After surgery, the trigeminal nerve disturbance and the abducens nerve palsy completely recovered, but the peripheral facial nerve palsy persisted. The nature of tumor, the presence of brain stem distortion, the anatomic variati on of posterior fossa, and the relationships of cranial nerves and nea rby blood vessels, which are factors influencing the occurrence of fal se localizing, are briefly discussed.