Cranial nerves are the nerves that emerge directly from the brain. Cranial nerve involvement may be seen in many neurological diseases.
Most common diseases
Otitis Externa
Nine patients had cranial nerve involvement. Twelve of 15 patients treated with medical therapy recovered, as did 11 of 12 patients that underwent surgery. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
The facial nerve, Cranial Nerve VII, may be involved and manifests as facial paralysis if the infection spreads to the stylomastoid foramen where CN VII exits the skull. [emdocs.net]
nerve involvement did not affect prognosis. [emdocs.net]
Diabetes Mellitus
Many factors are involved, including the accumulation of sorbitol in peripheral sensory nerves from sustained hyperglycemia. [emedicine.medscape.com]
Motor neuropathy and cranial mononeuropathy result from vascular disease in blood vessels supplying nerves. [emedicine.medscape.com]
Herpes Zoster
Our case is one of the very rare cases of multiple cranial nerve involvement due to herpes zoster oticus infection.Keywords: Herpes zoster oticus, cranial nerve diseases, [tjn.org.tr]
Herpes zoster cranial neuropathy (or polyneuropathy) without skin lesions, subcategorized by the cranial nerves involved. Group 3. [medlink.com]
View/Print Table TABLE 1 Ocular and Cranial Nerve Involvement in Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Structure involved Signs Time of onset (onset of rash Day 0) Eyelid/conjunctiva [aafp.org]
Infectious Mononucleosis
[…] in acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy (Guillain—Barré syndrome) is well established. 2, 3 Variants of Guillain—Barré syndrome have been described in which cranial-nerve [nejm.org]
involvement is foremost; the most striking of these is Miller Fisher's syndrome, characterized by ophthalmoplegia, areflexia, and cerebellar-like ataxia. 4 The role of plasmapheresis [nejm.org]
Brain Stem Infarction
Medulla: 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th cranial nerve involvement, pure motor hemiparesis if the medullary pyramid is the site of the infarction; sensory motor hemiplegia if the [symptoma.com]
Clinically, in localizing strokes to the brainstem one looks for the "cardinal" feature of an ipsilateral peripheral cranial nerve involvement, and a contralateral weakness [tchain.com]
Brainstem Infarction â Brainstem lesions typically involve the cranial nerves and sensory loss of one half of the face and the contralateral half of the body. 1. [usmleforum.com]
Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Examples of common clinical features include 23,24 : brainstem and cranial nerve involvement: optic neuritis internuclear ophthalmoplegia (often bilateral) trigeminal neuralgia [radiopaedia.org]
Herpes Zoster Oticus
[…] multiple cranial nerve involvement caused by herpes zoster oticus herpes zoster otikusa bağlı çoklu alt kraniyal sinir tutulumu Pronunciation of multiple cranial nerve involvement [tureng.com]
Our case is one of the very rare cases of multiple cranial nerve involvement due to herpes zoster oticus infection.Keywords: Herpes zoster oticus, cranial nerve diseases, [tjn.org.tr]
X cranial nerve were involved. [medresearch.in]
Bell's Palsy
nerves involved recurrent palsy no recovery after 6-8 weeks MRI Enhancement of the nerve is not seen in all patients with Bell palsy, reported variably between 57-100%. [radiopaedia.org]
Red Flags of Facial Nerve Palsy 1,2,9 Cranial Nerve involvement other than CN VII Bilateral facial palsy Step-wise progression of facial palsy or slowly progressive beyond [emdocs.net]
[…] decompressive surgery is being contemplated atypical signs and symptoms suggest another diagnosis may be possible: slow progressive palsy spasm preceding palsy multiple cranial [radiopaedia.org]
Postherpetic Neuralgia
We describe a woman who developed postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) located on the skin areas of the left ophthalmic division of the fifth cranial nerve without ocular involvement [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
View/Print Table TABLE 1 Ocular and Cranial Nerve Involvement in Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Structure involved Signs Time of onset (onset of rash Day 0) Eyelid/conjunctiva [aafp.org]
TABLE 1 Ocular and Cranial Nerve Involvement in Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Structure involved Signs Time of onset (onset of rash Day 0) Eyelid/conjunctiva Blepharoconjunctivitis [web.archive.org]
Ophthalmic Nerve Disorder
Ramsay Hunt syndrome is also frequently associated with VIII cranial nerve and more scare with V, VI, IX, and X cranial nerves involvement [12]. [ispub.com]
View/Print Table TABLE 1 Ocular and Cranial Nerve Involvement in Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Structure involved Signs Time of onset (onset of rash Day 0) Eyelid/conjunctiva [aafp.org]
nerve Clinical Information A disorder characterized by involvement of the trigeminal nerve (fifth cranial nerve). [icd10data.com]