TY - JOUR
AR - GSCR-2020-1-107
TI - Bilateral Post Traumatic Facial Nerve Palsy Presenting as Dysarthria: A Case Report
AU - Ekuma, ME
AU - Ndubuisi , CA
AU - Mezue , W
AU - Ohaegbulam , SC
AU - Ndafia , MN
JO - Global Surgery Case Reports
PY - 2020
DA - Sat 18, Jul 2020
SN - 2733-2535
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.GSCR.2020.01.07
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/bilateral-post-traumatic-facial-nerve-palsy-presenting-as-dysarthria_GSCR-2020-1-107 
KW - Dysarthria, facial nerve paralysis, trauma, temporal bone fracture
AB - Bilateral traumatic facial nerve palsy (FNP) is rare and can present with distressing features. We report a
23-year-old male final year medical student with a 10-day history of speech difficulty following a passenger
motorcycle road traffic accident. Physical examination showed a fully conscious young man whose only
neurological deficit was bilateral lower motor neuron facial nerve palsy (House and Brackmann grade IV)
and difficulty pronouncing plosives. A high-resolution temporal bone CT showed a right longitudinal
temporal bone fracture. There was no temporal bone fracture on the left side. Brain MRI was normal. He
had complete recovery of facial nerve function on conservative management 6 months after the injury.