Inflammatory Dysfunctions of the Facial Nerve

Czech version

Authors: J. Kovaľ; M. Kovalová ^*; S. Krempaská; Z. Gdovinová ^**
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika otorinolaryngológie a foniatrie LF UPJŠ a FNsP, Košice, prednosta doc. MUDr. J. Kovaľ, CSc. Dermatovenerologické oddelenie FNLP, Košice, primárka MUDr. M. Kovaľová* Neurologická klinika LF UPJŠ a FNsP, Košice, prednosta doc. MUDr. E. Eiben, CSc. ^**
Published in: Otorinolaryngol Foniatr, , 2002, No. 3, pp. 171-178.
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Overview

The authors describe two case-histories of paresis of the facial nerve:
the first -Ramsay-Hunt’s syndrome and the second Bell’s palsy. They also present the results of serologicalexamination of 155 patients with erythema chronicum migrans, manifestations of Lyme disease andresults of serological examination of 103 patients where Lyme disease without skin manifestationswas suspected. They alsomention acute paresis of the facial nerve as a complication of chronic otitismedia with a marked florid infection and active secretion. The authors discuss the pathogenesis,clinical picture, possible diagnostic problems and treatment of inflammatory dysfunctions of thefacial nerve - Bell’s palsy, Ramsay-Hunt’s syndrome, Lyme disease and lesions of the facial nerveassociated with and complicating otitis media.

Key words:
paresis of the facial nerve, Bell’s palsy, idiopathic paresis of the facial nerve,Ramsay-Hunt’s syndrome, Lyme disease, otitis media acuta, otitis media chronica.

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