Cranial Nerve Involvement Causes & Reasons

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Cranial Nerve Involvement,

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Possible Causes

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]

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Diabetes Mellitus

Many factors are involved, including the accumulation of sorbitol in peripheral sensory nerves from sustained hyperglycemia. [emedicine.com]

Motor neuropathy and cranial mononeuropathy result from vascular disease in blood vessels supplying nerves. [emedicine.com]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Clinical dysphagia was observed in seven patients and six of these cases involved a lower cranial nerve while five patients without cranial nerve involvement had silent dysphagia [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

nerve signs, suggesting subclinical cranial nerve involvement. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Patients who had cranial nerve involvement, ataxia and weakened or disappeared tendon reflex should be paid attention. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Basilar Skull Fracture

A variety of symptoms may develop depending on the involvement of cranial nerves and related structures. [symptoma.com]

Collet-Sicard syndrome is occipital condylar fracture with IX, X, XI, and XII cranial nerve involvement. [drhem.wordpress.com]

Collet-Sicard syndrome is occipital condylar fracture with IX, X, XI, and XII cranial nerve involvement. [25, 26, 27] Did this answer your question? [medscape.com]

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Abducens Nerve Palsy

In conclusion, cranial nerve involvement in brucellosis can have good prognosis if anti-Brucella treatment is undertaken early. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We present a rare manifestation of Scrub typhus in the form of sixth cranial nerve involvement which responded to the treatment with doxycycline. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

involvement of other cranial nerves (eg, V, VII, VIII). [emedicine.com]

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Benign Abducens Nerve Palsy

Cranial nerve involvement depends on the anatomical course of the cranial nerve and the site of the tumor. [karger.com]

nerve involvement. [healio.com]

nerve involvement; proptosis; disc edema; orbital pain; conjunctival injection Orbit Ipsilateral IIIrd, IVth, Vth cranial nerve involvement; proptosis; disc edema; orbital [guwsmedical.info]

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Trigeminal Nerve Lesion

Cranial nerve involvement in patients with leprous neuropathy. Neurol India 2006; 54: 283–285. Sumner CJ and Fischbeck KH. Jaw drop in Kennedy’s disease. [oasisdiscussions.ca]

Group 1 involved patients such as those described above with oculosympathetic paresis and trigeminal and potentially other cranial nerve involvement. [medlink.com]

Other cranial nerves may be involved, and recovery may be incomplete. (1, 24) Congenital Congenital skull base anomalies and/or inherited bone disease may also manifest with [oasisdiscussions.ca]

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Lyme Neuroborreliosis

Fifty percent have cranial nerve involvement predominantly uni- or bilateral facial nerve palsies. Meningitic symptoms occur primarily in children. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Approximately 50% have cranial nerve involvement, predominantly a peripheral facial nerve palsy. [jnmjournal.org]

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Sarcoidosis

No actual sensory deficit Ankle reflexes abolished Cranial nerve involvement No No Facial diplegia No No No No No No No No CSF cells/ml n.d. n.d. 36 lymph. 3 lymph. n.d. 1 [doi.org]

Peripheral nerve or cranial nerve involvement with sarcoidosis often does not need to be treated, or it will respond to a short course of steroids. [clinicaladvisor.com]

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Syringomyelia

Spastic paraparesis: Legs Arms Skeletal Scoliosis Cranial nerve involvement: With syringobulbia Most often unilateral XII: Tongue weakness & hemiatrophy IX - X: Dysphagia [neuromuscular.wustl.edu]

The cranial nerves become affected: Facial sensory loss can occur as the trigeminal nerve becomes involved. [patient.info]

[…] reflexes: Reduced or absent in arms Autonomic pathways Horner's syndrome Skin: Trophic changes Neurogenic bladder: Late in disease course Corticospinal tracts: Variable involvement [neuromuscular.wustl.edu]

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Meningioma

The patient did not have any features suggestive of cranial nerve involvement. Physical examination was unremarkable except for the presence of papilloedema. [bjmp.org]

[…] important arteries, veins, or cranial nerves. [utswmedicine.org]

Tumors that involve one or more of the cranial nerves can produce loss of function of those nerves – loss of vision or hearing, for example. [utswmedicine.org]

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Lyme Meningoencephalitis

Paresis, focal neurological deficits (including cranial nerve involvement and abnormal pupils). Seizures. [patient.info]

Cranial nerve involvement with Lyme borreliosis demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging. [ajnr.org]

Cranial nerve disorders: facial palsy (sometimes involving both sides of the face), double vision, drooping eyelid (ptosis), numbness pain and tingling of the face, hearing [lymediseaseaction.org.uk]

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Cavernous Sinus Aneurysm

[…] multiple cranial nerves, ptosis, proptosis, arterialization of the conjunctival vessels, and facial pain with hypesthesia within the dermatome of the trigeminal nerve. [synchropublisher.com]

[…] any of the cranial nerves traversing the cavernous sinus : III, IV, V (V1 and V2) and VI trigeminal schwannoma is the most common cavernous hemangioma lymphoma metastatic [radiopaedia.org]

[…] of the patients in our series had multiple cranial neuropathies involving the trigeminal nerve at the time of diagnosis. [jnnp.bmj.com]

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Oculomotor Nerve Paralysis

Lower cranial nerve involvement, leading to respiratory, swallowing, and cardiac difficulties, was also present. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Neurobrucellosis affects the second, third, sixth, seventh, and eighth cranial nerves. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Article: PDF Only Abstract Möbius syndrome is typified by bilateral facial nerve palsies, usually with abducens palsies. [journals.lww.com]

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Pseudobulbar Palsy

This is in contrast to bulbar palsy, which is a lower motor neuron syndrome involving the lowermost cranial nerves. [radiopaedia.org]

The part of the pyramidal tract that sends information to the cranial nerves involved in speech and swallowing is called the corticobulbar tract. [csuchico.edu]

 Pattern of involvement 1. Unilateral upper motor neuron lesion  This produce only transient weakness of many of muscles supplied by the cranial nerves. [slideshare.net]

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Previous to this, there had been no case reports of myoclonus in SLE as a presenting feature. [15] Cranial nerve involvement Cranial nerve involvement is also relatively uncommon [emedicine.medscape.com]

She was positive for anti-aquaporin-4 (AQP4) antibody and had typical cranial and longitudinally extended spinal lesions but no optic nerve involvement. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Cranial nerve paralysis involves several nerves, while paralysis of cranial nerves II, V, VI, VII, VIII, and XII is especially common. [doi.org]

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Electrodiagnostic tests MRI of the brain and, if no cranial nerve involvement, cervical spine Laboratory tests to check for other, treatable causes Diagnosis of motor neuron [msdmanuals.com]

Diagnosis Electrodiagnostic tests MRI of the brain and, if no cranial nerve involvement, cervical spine Laboratory tests to check for other, treatable causes Diagnosis of [merckmanuals.com]

Pathologic features lower motor neuron signs loss of motor neurons within the anterior horns of the spinal cord and motor cranial nerve nuclei upper motor neuron signs degeneration [orthobullets.com]

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Vestibulocochlear Nerve Disease

Cranial nerve involvement in patients with leprous neuropathy. Neurol India 2006;54:283-5. Londhey V et al. [hearinghealthmatters.org]

[…] vestibulocochlear nerves involvement. [2] Bilateral multiple cranial nerves involvement, especially VII th and VIII th is often due to systemic causes in comparison to unilateral [indianjotol.org]

Cranial nerves seven and eight are most frequently involved in syphilitic basilar meningitis (3). [ajnr.org]

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Trigeminal Neuralgia

Cavernous sinus invasion by pituitary tumors presents mostly with cranial nerve palsies, especially involving the third, fourth and sixth cranial nerves, which is well documented [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

However, there are twelve cranial nerves that directly connect to the body. These nerves are involved with the muscle and sensory function of the head and neck. [medicinenet.com]

(The exception is cranial nerve X or the vagus nerve, which is also responsible for the parasympathetic system of the chest and abdomen). 12 Cranial Nerves Cranial Nerve Name [medicinenet.com]

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Temporal Bone Fracture

These fractures do not present with cranial nerve deficits. [neuroradiologycases.com]

Injury to cranial nerve VI occurs with an incidence of 5% to 7% in fractures involving the petrous apex [7]. [ispub.com]

Paralysis of cranial nerve V (trigeminal) This condition usually occurs in the area of Meckel cave. Treatment is conservative. Mastication muscles may be involved. [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Multiple Sclerosis

However, a few radiological cases have documented an involvement of peripheral cranial nerves, within the subarachnoid space, in MS patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Spinal Pachymeningitis

Cranial nerve VIII is the most commonly involved cranial nerve, followed by CN V, VII, IX, X, and XII, with equal frequency [ 4 ]. [omicsonline.org]

involvement and helped us to arrive at a plausible diagnosis explaining the noncontiguous cranial nerve involvement and excluded diabetic neuropathy. [jcor.in]

Almost any cranial nerve except I can be involved. [2] Two patterns of cranial nerve involvement have been described, based on the site of dural inflammation : cavernous sinus [neurologyindia.com]

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