Congenital facial nerve aplasia: MR depiction of a rare anomaly

oleh: Ishan Kumar, Ashish Verma, Ritu Ojha, Priyanka Aggarwal

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2016-10-01

Deskripsi

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.