Recovery of Facial Nerve Paralysis After Temporal Nerve Reconstruction: A Case Report.

Introduction: Facial paralysis is common following accidents, trauma, viral infection or tumors.

Case Presentation: A 24-year-old male patient was referred to us with a history of sharp penetrating trauma to the right temporal region causing unilateral paralysis of the muscles of the right forehead. He was unable to scowl or elevate his right eyebrow and there were no folds on his right forehead.

Entrapment neuropathy contributing to dysfunction after birth brachial plexus injuries.

Although surgical treatment of brachial plexus birth palsy has yielded encouraging results, persistent inability to abduct and elevate the shoulder is common even in children with excellent return of arm and hand function. The reason for deltoid weakness in the afflicted children is not completely understood and may be multifactorial. Clinical observations, including a pattern of position-dependent weakness, suggest that primary nerve damage may not be the sole cause.