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cranial nerve palsy

Peripheral motor neuropathy involving one or more cranial nerves. Etiology: 1) cranial nerve 3 palsy 3) cranial nerve 7 palsy (Bell's palsy) Radiology: - magnetic resonance imaging - yield of treatable findings is low [2]

Specific

Bell's palsy; cranial nerve 7 palsy; facial nerve palsy cranial nerve III palsy; oculomotor nerve palsy cranial nerve VI palsy; abducens nerve palsy cranial nerve XII palsy

General

cranial nerve disease (cranial neuropathy)

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Murchison AP et al. Neuroimaging and acute ocular motor mononeuropathies: A prospective study. Arch Ophthalmol 2011 Mar; 129:301 PMID: 21402985