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J Infect Dev Ctries
December 2024
University Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases of the University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
Introduction: Bilateral facial nerve palsy (FNP) is a rare condition that is idiopathic in only 20%. FNP is the most common cranial neuropathy in West Nile neuroinvasive disease (WNND) but is usually unilateral and only a few cases of bilateral FNP have been reported.
Case: We present a case of a 65-year-old woman with confirmed WNND and simultaneous bilateral FNP.
Cureus
December 2024
Department of Microbiology, Fırat University School of Medicine, Elazig, TUR.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that primarily affects the respiratory system but can also lead to neurological complications such as Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). This case report describes an eight-year-old boy with COVID-19-associated GBS involving multiple cranial nerves (third, seventh, and ninth) without pulmonary symptoms. The patient initially presented with flu-like symptoms along with right facial paralysis, which progressed to bilateral facial paralysis, limb weakness, and sensory loss.
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February 2025
Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States.
Jansen metaphyseal chondrodysplasia (JMC) is an ultra-rare disorder caused by constitutive activation of parathyroid hormone type 1 receptor (PTH1R). We sought to characterize the craniofacial phenotype of patients with the disease. Six patients with genetically confirmed JMC underwent comprehensive craniofacial phenotyping revealing a distinct facial appearance that prompted a cephalometric analysis demonstrating a pattern of mandibular retrognathia.
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January 2025
Medicine, Government Medical College Kota, Kota, Rajasthan, India.
This case report presents markedly different clinical and radiological manifestations of the same disease in a family over three consecutive generations with varying treatment strategies. The index case/proband primarily presented with gastrointestinal symptoms, including diarrhoea, bleeding per rectum and seizures. Further evaluation revealed bilateral renal angiomyolipoma and cerebral subependymal nodules, in conjunction with facial adenoma sebaceum, periungual fibromas and hypomelanotic ash-leaf macules.
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January 2025
Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 736 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48864, USA. Electronic address:
Proliferative and necrotizing otitis externa (PNOE) is characterized by thick, adherent dark red, brown, or black crusts. It most commonly affects the concave pinnae and vertical ear canals bilaterally. Lesions may also be seen on the face, and it may rarely present in a generalized form.
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