A Rare Case of Cephalic Tetanus with Infranuclear Facial Palsy Following Foot Injury
We present here a rare case of cephalic tetanus with infranuclear facial nerve palsy following injury to the left foot with progression to generalized form, recovered completely in 6 weeks. There were few reports that cranial nerve palsies may occur in tetanus when the site of injury is other than i...
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Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara
2011-09-01
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| description | We present here a rare case of cephalic tetanus with infranuclear facial nerve palsy following injury to the left foot with progression to generalized form, recovered completely in 6 weeks. There were few reports that cranial nerve palsies may occur in tetanus when the site of injury is other than in the head and neck, and indeed when there is no apparent site of entry of infection. In cephalic tetanus the prognosis is generally worse but here patient recovered completely without any residual paresis |
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| spelling | doaj.art-87f56bda844344c98b5083042d128fd22022-12-21T23:47:03ZengManipal College of Medical Sciences, PokharaAsian Journal of Medical Sciences2467-91002091-05762011-09-0122131133https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v2i2.4409A Rare Case of Cephalic Tetanus with Infranuclear Facial Palsy Following Foot InjurySrikanth paleti 0Associate Professor, Dept. of General Medicine, Mamata medical college, Khammam, Andhra PradeshWe present here a rare case of cephalic tetanus with infranuclear facial nerve palsy following injury to the left foot with progression to generalized form, recovered completely in 6 weeks. There were few reports that cranial nerve palsies may occur in tetanus when the site of injury is other than in the head and neck, and indeed when there is no apparent site of entry of infection. In cephalic tetanus the prognosis is generally worse but here patient recovered completely without any residual paresishttps://www.nepjol.info/index.php/AJMS/article/view/4409cephalic tetanusfacial palsyfoot injury |
| spellingShingle | Srikanth paleti A Rare Case of Cephalic Tetanus with Infranuclear Facial Palsy Following Foot Injury Asian Journal of Medical Sciences cephalic tetanus facial palsy foot injury |
| title | A Rare Case of Cephalic Tetanus with Infranuclear Facial Palsy Following Foot Injury |
| title_full | A Rare Case of Cephalic Tetanus with Infranuclear Facial Palsy Following Foot Injury |
| title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Cephalic Tetanus with Infranuclear Facial Palsy Following Foot Injury |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case of Cephalic Tetanus with Infranuclear Facial Palsy Following Foot Injury |
| title_short | A Rare Case of Cephalic Tetanus with Infranuclear Facial Palsy Following Foot Injury |
| title_sort | rare case of cephalic tetanus with infranuclear facial palsy following foot injury |
| topic | cephalic tetanus facial palsy foot injury |
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