Congenital facial nerve aplasia: MR depiction of a rare anomaly

Ishan Kumar; Ashish Verma; Ritu Ojha; Priyanka Aggarwal

doi:10.4103/0971-3026.195791

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, Inhaltsverzeichnis

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2016; 26(04): 517-520
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.195791

Head & Neck

Congenital facial nerve aplasia: MR depiction of a rare anomaly

Ishan Kumar

Department of Radiodiagnosis, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Ashish Verma

Department of Radiodiagnosis, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Ritu Ojha

Department of Radiodiagnosis, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Priyanka Aggarwal

Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Abstract

We report two infants presenting with unilateral congenital facial palsy since birth. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in both the cases revealed complete unilateral aplasia of facial nerve. To our knowledge, this is the first reported MR depiction of nonsyndromic isolated facial nerve aplasia. Imaging features and the pertinent anatomy is discussed along with a brief review of literature.

Keywords

Agenesis - congenital facial nerve palsy - facial nerve aplasia - magnetic resonance imaging

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