Granulomatosis de Wegener causante de par¨¢lisis facial y cofosis bilaterales
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- 作者：Antonio Gó ; mez-Torres ; gotoa83@hotmail.com ; Isabel Tirado Zamora ; Antonio Abrante Jimé ; nez ; Francisco Esteban Ortega
- 关键词：Enfermedad de Wegener ; Otitis ; Pará ; lisis facial bilateral
- 刊名：Acta Otorrinolaringol¨®gica Espa?ola
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：March-April, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：64
- 期：2
- 页码：154-156
- 全文大小：512 K
文摘
Bilateral facial paralysis (BFP) is an uncommon condition that typically occurs as a manifestation of systemic disease. We present a female patient with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), particularly upper respiratory and ear impairment who develops hypoacusis and BFP, resistant to immunosuppressive therapy and steroid boluses. Her imaging tests showed no involvement of the facial nerve as it passed through the ear structures. The patient finally improved the BFP; however, deafness is permanent and she has entered into a cochlear implant program. Published papers on BFP are rare and they make no reference to WG as a possible aetiology.