Kim EJ, Lee J, Lee JW, Lee JH, Park CJ, Kim YD, Lee HJ. Peripheral facial nerve palsy after therapeutic endoscopy.
Clin Endosc 2015;
48:171-3. [PMID:
25844347 PMCID:
PMC4381146 DOI:
10.5946/ce.2015.48.2.171]
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Abstract
Peripheral facial nerve palsy (FNP) is a mononeuropathy that affects the peripheral part of the facial nerve. Primary causes of peripheral FNP remain largely unknown, but detectable causes include systemic infections (viral and others), trauma, ischemia, tumor, and extrinsic compression. Peripheral FNP in relation to extrinsic compression has rarely been described in case reports. Here, we report a case of a 71-year-old man who was diagnosed with peripheral FNP following endoscopic submucosal dissection. This case is the first report of the development of peripheral FNP in a patient undergoing therapeutic endoscopy. We emphasize the fact that physicians should be attentive to the development of peripheral FNP following therapeutic endoscopy.
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