NON-CHOLESTEATOMATOUS SUPPURATIVE OTITIS-MEDIA - FACIAL-NERVE PALSY IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT

Authors
HARTLEY C SAEED SR LYONS TJ PATH MRC
Citation
C. Hartley et al., NON-CHOLESTEATOMATOUS SUPPURATIVE OTITIS-MEDIA - FACIAL-NERVE PALSY IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT, Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 109(8), 1995, pp. 755-758
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Journal of Laryngology and Otology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222151
Volume
109
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
755 - 758
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2151(1995)109:8<755:NSO-FP>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A 47-year-old man developed a complete facial nerve palsy secondary to non-cholesteatomatous suppurative otitis media. At operation, this wa s seen to be due to destruction of the nerve from halfway along the ho rizontal segment to a point just distal to the second genu. The histor y of recent renal transplantation and subsequent immunosuppression was judged to be significant in the pathogenesis of the palsy.