The evaluation of facial nerve canal diameter in patients with ipsilateral recurrent idiopathic peripheral facial paralysis

OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the effects of the diameter of facial canal segments on the ipsilateral recurrence of idiopathic peripheral facial paralysis.

METHOD: This study enrolled 20 patients with ipsilateral recurrent idiopathic peripheral facial paralysis. Measurements were made at the meatal foramen and mid-level of the labyrinthine segment and the narrowest and widest diameters of the mastoid and tympanic segments using the curved planar reformation technique with high-resolution computed tomography.

RESULTS: The diameters of the labyrinthine segment measured at the meatal foramen and mid-level segments and the narrowest and widest diameters of the tympanic and mastoid segments on the recurrent paralytic side were significantly smaller than the diameters of the segments on the healthy side.

CONCLUSION: The narrowness of the facial canal segments may be a risk factor in recurrent idiopathic peripheral facial paralysis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:136

Enthalten in:

The Journal of laryngology and otology - 136(2022), 3 vom: 08. März, Seite 215-218

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yagiz, O [VerfasserIn]
Pekcevik, Y [VerfasserIn]
Arslan, Y [VerfasserIn]
Arslan, I B [VerfasserIn]
Cukurova, I [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bell's Palsy
Computed Tomography
Facial Canal
Facial Nerve
Facial Paralysis
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 17.03.2022

Date Revised 17.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1017/S0022215121002371

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330392689