scholarly journals Case Report: Case report: A rare case of middle-ear Rhabdomyosarcoma in a 4-year-old boy

F1000Research ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 1734
Author(s):  
Richard Menzies-Wilson ◽  
Gentle Wong ◽  
Prodip Das
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Middle Ear ◽  
Rare Case ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Excisional Biopsy ◽  
Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma ◽  
Aural Polyp ◽  
The Right

We present a rare case of a four-year-old boy with a botyroid embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the right middle ear. Rhabdomyosarcoma is a soft tissue malignancy which is thought to originate from embryonic mesenchymal cells of striated skeletal muscle.  It is a disease primarily of children and is exceptionally rare in parameningeal regions.  The diagnosis is often delayed and easily misdiagnosed as aural polyp. Therefore, advanced disease is common at the time of diagnosis.  A four-year-old boy presented with a four-month history of recurrent left ear blood and pus discharge, otalgia and fevers. He attended his GP three times and paediatric A&E 13 times where he received antibiotics for presumed otitis media and externa. He was eventually referred to the otolaryngology department and underwent an examination under anaesthesia of ear and excisional biopsy of a suspicious aural polyp.  Staging chest CT and PET scan showed no loco-regional spread or distal metastasis. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated absence of invasion into adjacent organs.  Histology confirmed embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, botryoid subtype.  Subsequent to the initial excision of the polyp, he was started on an ifosfamine, vincristine and actinomycin (IVA) chemotherapy regime in three weekly cycles for nine cycles with concomitant radiotherapy. Two weeks subsequent to his first chemotherapy dose he presented with a House-Brackmann II-III facial nerve palsy but no other middle ear complications. He was started on intravenous antibiotics and dexamethasone. The facial nerve palsy incompletely resolved with treatment.

scholarly journals Case Report: Case report: A rare case of middle-ear Rhabdomyosarcoma in a 4-year-old boy

F1000Research ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 1734
Author(s):  
Richard Menzies-Wilson ◽  
Gentle Wong ◽  
Prodip Das
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Middle Ear ◽  
Rare Case ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Excisional Biopsy ◽  
Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma ◽  
Aural Polyp ◽  
The Right

We present a rare case of a four-year-old boy with a botyroid embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the right middle ear. Rhabdomyosarcoma is a soft tissue malignancy which is thought to originate from embryonic mesenchymal cells of striated skeletal muscle.  It is a disease primarily of children and is exceptionally rare in parameningeal regions.  The diagnosis is often delayed and easily misdiagnosed as aural polyp. Therefore, advanced disease is common at the time of diagnosis.  A four-year-old boy presented with a four-month history of recurrent left ear blood and pus discharge, otalgia and fevers. He attended his GP three times and paediatric A&E 13 times where he received antibiotics for presumed otitis media and externa. He was eventually referred to the otolaryngology department and underwent an examination under anaesthesia of ear and excisional biopsy of a suspicious aural polyp.  Staging chest CT and PET scan showed no loco-regional spread or distal metastasis. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated absence of invasion into adjacent organs.  Histology confirmed embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, botryoid subtype.  Subsequent to the initial excision of the polyp, he was started on an ifosfamine, vincristine and actinomycin (IVA) chemotherapy regime in three weekly cycles for nine cycles with concomitant radiotherapy. Two weeks subsequent to his first chemotherapy dose he presented with a House-Brackmann II-III facial nerve palsy but no other middle ear complications. He was started on intravenous antibiotics and dexamethasone. The facial nerve palsy incompletely resolved with treatment.

scholarly journals Kawasaki disease manifesting as bilateral facial nerve palsy and meningitis: a case report and literature review

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (8) ◽  
pp. 4014-4018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Zhang ◽  
Yunpeng Hao ◽  
Yanfeng Zhang ◽  
Nuo Yang ◽  
Hang Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Kawasaki Disease ◽  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Neurological Complications ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Right

Background Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute multisystem vasculitic syndrome that predominantly affects infants and young children. Neurological complications are rare in patients with KD and the diagnosis is challenging. We report a case of KD that manifested as bilateral facial nerve palsy and meningitis. Case report A 6-month-old boy presented with a 10-day history of fever. Four days before admission, the patient developed a rash, conjunctival injection, perioral and perianal excoriation, and bilateral facial nerve palsy. Brain magnetic resonance imaging was normal. Echocardiography showed dilated coronary arteries and coronary artery aneurysms. A cerebrospinal fluid examination showed an elevated leukocyte count. A diagnosis of KD was made, and the patient was treated with gamma globulin and aspirin. The patient’s fever subsided on the following day and the right-sided facial nerve palsy was relieved 1 month later. An 18-month follow-up showed that the left-sided facial nerve palsy persisted and the patient’s condition remained stable. Conclusion KD manifesting as bilateral facial nerve palsy and meningitis is extremely rare. Clinicians should be aware of this condition, and early diagnosis and appropriate treatment should be emphasized.

Mobius syndrome: a case report

2003 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-209
Author(s):  
G. Aren
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Facial Expression ◽  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Tooth Decay ◽  
Möbius Syndrome ◽  
The Right

Mobius Syndrome is characterized by showing unilateral facial nerve palsy of the sixth and seventh nerves, lack of facial expression, inability to smile and to tightly close the right eyelids. In this report, a 7-year-old-boy with Mobius syndrome is presented. He had asymmetry of facial expression, anomalies of fingers and severe tooth decay. After dental treatment, the periodic re-care visits should be done according to the eruption pattern.

scholarly journals Ramsay Hunt Syndrome complicated by Cerebral venous thrombosis (case report)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Loureiro Gaudencio ◽  
Hilton Mariano Mariano da Silva Júnior ◽  
Pedro Neves Fortunato
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Venous Thrombosis ◽  
Cerebral Venous Thrombosis ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome ◽  
Hunt Syndrome ◽  
Peripheral Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
The Right

Context: Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a condition caused by the Varicella-Zoster Virus in the geniculate ganglion and leads to peripheral facial nerve palsy and erythematous vesicular rash in the affected area. It is a rare disorder but is the second most common cause of peripheral facial nerve palsy without trauma. Cerebral venous thrombosis is a rare cerebrovascular disease and responsible for only 0.5% of all strokes. Among its causes are oral contraceptives, infection in the central nervous system, systemic inflammations, and thrombophilia. Case report: We report the case of a previously healthy 29 years old woman diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome followed by cerebral venous thrombosis two weeks later. Her first admission to the hospital was due to pain in the face and a pulsing type right hemicranial headache. It started in the cervical region and was irradiated to the right retroorbital and auricular area, with difficulty contracting the right eyelid, otalgia, and vertigo. She used oral contraceptives, had two cesarean deliveries, and quitted smoking at 20 years old. She had multidirectional and bilateral nystagmus with fast phase to the left, right peripheral face paralysis, and crusts in the right ear canal. The patient was treated with aciclovir and prednisone, with good recovery. Two weeks later, she returned because of two episodes of convulsion and headache. Brain CTA (computed tomography angiography) showed cerebral venous thrombosis. Conclusion: Cerebral venous thrombosis is a rare complication of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. It is important to stay alert to the development of vascular complications in these patients.

scholarly journals A Case of Recurrent Facial Palsy Associated with Anti-GM2: is it anyway Guillain-barré syndrome?

2021 ◽  
pp. 215
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Family History ◽  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Rare Case ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Neurological Diseases ◽  
Facial Paresis ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Autoimmune Neuropathy

Objective: A rare case of possible hereditary predisposition to autoimmune neuropathy Background: This case report is of a patient who presented two episodes of Facial paresis in her live without ascertained apparent causes. Bell’s palsy is commonly known as peripheral idiopathic facial nerve palsy, because in the most cases the triggers remain unknown (1). Case Report: I want to present a case of a 34 year old woman who we will call A.B. and who came to us to evaluate the severity of the sequelae of a Bell´s palsy and any eventual need for cosmetic measure. But she had another Bell´s Palsy 9 years ago, so I started to investigate the most common and treatable causes of Facial paresis. I found a significate increase of anti-bodies against ganglioside GM2. When I explained to her that these anti-bodies is commonly related with several neurological diseases, she started to investigate her family history and she found that his father’s brother died of GuillainBarré syndrome about 40 years ago.

TRANSIENT FACIAL NERVE PALSY AFTER SCALP BLOCK FOR AWAKE CRANIOTOMY: A CASE REPORT

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 369-371
Author(s):  
Rajashree U Gandhe . ◽  
Chinmaya P Bhave . ◽  
Avinash S Kakde . ◽  
Neha T Gedam .
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Awake Craniotomy ◽  
Scalp Block

scholarly journals A rare case of congenital facial nerve palsy with extreme ocular manifestations

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. e242540
Author(s):  
Rahul Kumar Bafna ◽  
Suman Lata ◽  
Anusha Sachan ◽  
Mohamed Ibrahime Asif
Keyword(s):  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Rare Case ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Ocular Manifestations

scholarly journals Obstructive hydrocephalus and facial nerve palsy secondary to vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia: Case Report

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussein Kamel ◽  
Kazim Mohammed ◽  
Javeed Iqbal ◽  
John Mathew ◽  
Ghanem Al-Sulaiti
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Obstructive Hydrocephalus ◽  
Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia

scholarly journals Isolated facial nerve palsy from intra-aural tick infestation – a case report

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 430-432
Author(s):  
Thilaga Rajendran ◽  
◽  
Jeyasakthy Saniasiaya ◽  
Yatiee Swany Lahuri ◽  
Norhaslinda Binti Abdul Gani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Late Effects ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Tick Infestation ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Outpatient Clinics ◽  
Close Observation ◽  
Tick Paralysis

The incidence of tick infestation reported by ear-nose-throat outpatient clinics is high, though the exact reason is unknown. Affected patients generally recover well without any local or systemic sequelae. Tick-induced facial nerve palsy is less commonly reported in the literature. In this case report, we present our experience in managing a case of delayed isolated facial nerve palsy from intra-aural tick infestation in a child. The case highlights the possibility of late effects of tick paralysis occurring hours after tick removal. Close observation and awareness are crucial to detect any signs of neurotoxicity associated with tick infestation.

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