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Facial nerve disorder

MedGen UID:
41946
•Concept ID:
C0015464
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Facial nerve disease
SNOMED CT: Facial nerve disorder (422426003); Disorders of the seventh nerve (422426003); Disorders of the VIIth cranial nerve (422426003); Disorder of facial nerve (422426003); Disorder of seventh cranial nerve (422426003); Facial neuropathy (422426003)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002098

Definition

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder affecting the facial nerve (seventh cranial nerve). [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Management of facial nerve trauma.
Greiner RC, Kohlberg GD, Lu GN
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2024 Aug 1;32(4):234-238. Epub 2024 Apr 19 doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000976. PMID: 38695542
Clinical practice guideline: Bell's Palsy executive summary.
Baugh RF, Basura GJ, Ishii LE, Schwartz SR, Drumheller CM, Burkholder R, Deckard NA, Dawson C, Driscoll C, Gillespie MB, Gurgel RK, Halperin J, Khalid AN, Kumar KA, Micco A, Munsell D, Rosenbaum S, Vaughan W
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013 Nov;149(5):656-63. doi: 10.1177/0194599813506835. PMID: 24190889
Clinical practice guideline: Bell's palsy.
Baugh RF, Basura GJ, Ishii LE, Schwartz SR, Drumheller CM, Burkholder R, Deckard NA, Dawson C, Driscoll C, Gillespie MB, Gurgel RK, Halperin J, Khalid AN, Kumar KA, Micco A, Munsell D, Rosenbaum S, Vaughan W
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013 Nov;149(3 Suppl):S1-27. doi: 10.1177/0194599813505967. PMID: 24189771

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Diagnostic value of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in Bell's palsy.
Wang Y, Tang W, Chai Y, Zhu W, Li X, Wang Z
Acta Radiol 2021 Sep;62(9):1163-1169. Epub 2020 Sep 24 doi: 10.1177/0284185120958414. PMID: 32972214
Cognitive Flexibility in Primary Dystonia.
Lange F, Seer C, Dengler R, Dressler D, Kopp B
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2016 Jul;22(6):662-70. doi: 10.1017/S135561771600045X. PMID: 27333537
Clinical practice guideline: Bell's palsy.
Baugh RF, Basura GJ, Ishii LE, Schwartz SR, Drumheller CM, Burkholder R, Deckard NA, Dawson C, Driscoll C, Gillespie MB, Gurgel RK, Halperin J, Khalid AN, Kumar KA, Micco A, Munsell D, Rosenbaum S, Vaughan W
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013 Nov;149(3 Suppl):S1-27. doi: 10.1177/0194599813505967. PMID: 24189771
Supramaximal stimulation during intraoperative facial nerve monitoring as a simple parameter to predict early functional outcome after parotidectomy.
Mamelle E, Bernat I, Pichon S, Granger B, Sain-Oulhen C, Lamas G, Tankéré F
Acta Otolaryngol 2013 Jul;133(7):779-84. Epub 2013 Feb 28 doi: 10.3109/00016489.2013.771283. PMID: 23448353
Pediatric otogenic intracranial abscesses.
Isaacson B, Mirabal C, Kutz JW Jr, Lee KH, Roland PS
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2010 Mar;142(3):434-7. doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.11.030. PMID: 20172394

Diagnosis

Diagnostic value of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in Bell's palsy.
Wang Y, Tang W, Chai Y, Zhu W, Li X, Wang Z
Acta Radiol 2021 Sep;62(9):1163-1169. Epub 2020 Sep 24 doi: 10.1177/0284185120958414. PMID: 32972214
Weighting of Facial Grading Variables to Disfigurement in Facial Palsy.
Banks CA, Jowett N, Hadlock CR, Hadlock TA
JAMA Facial Plast Surg 2016 Jul 1;18(4):292-8. doi: 10.1001/jamafacial.2016.0226. PMID: 27124886
Clinical practice guideline: Bell's Palsy executive summary.
Baugh RF, Basura GJ, Ishii LE, Schwartz SR, Drumheller CM, Burkholder R, Deckard NA, Dawson C, Driscoll C, Gillespie MB, Gurgel RK, Halperin J, Khalid AN, Kumar KA, Micco A, Munsell D, Rosenbaum S, Vaughan W
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013 Nov;149(5):656-63. doi: 10.1177/0194599813506835. PMID: 24190889
Clinical practice guideline: Bell's palsy.
Baugh RF, Basura GJ, Ishii LE, Schwartz SR, Drumheller CM, Burkholder R, Deckard NA, Dawson C, Driscoll C, Gillespie MB, Gurgel RK, Halperin J, Khalid AN, Kumar KA, Micco A, Munsell D, Rosenbaum S, Vaughan W
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2013 Nov;149(3 Suppl):S1-27. doi: 10.1177/0194599813505967. PMID: 24189771
Pediatric otogenic intracranial abscesses.
Isaacson B, Mirabal C, Kutz JW Jr, Lee KH, Roland PS
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2010 Mar;142(3):434-7. doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.11.030. PMID: 20172394

Therapy

Long-term follow-up after stereotactic radiosurgery of intracanalicular acoustic neurinoma.
Rueß D, Pöhlmann L, Grau S, Hamisch C, Hellerbach A, Treuer H, Kocher M, Ruge MI
Radiat Oncol 2017 Apr 21;12(1):68. doi: 10.1186/s13014-017-0805-0. PMID: 28427410Free PMC Article
Clinical features and treatment status of hemifacial spasm in China.
Wang L, Hu X, Dong H, Wang W, Huang Y, Jin L, Luo Y, Zhang W, Lian Y, Liang Z, Shang H, Feng Y, Wu Y, Chen J, Luo W, Wan X
Chin Med J (Engl) 2014;127(5):845-9. PMID: 24571874
Supramaximal stimulation during intraoperative facial nerve monitoring as a simple parameter to predict early functional outcome after parotidectomy.
Mamelle E, Bernat I, Pichon S, Granger B, Sain-Oulhen C, Lamas G, Tankéré F
Acta Otolaryngol 2013 Jul;133(7):779-84. Epub 2013 Feb 28 doi: 10.3109/00016489.2013.771283. PMID: 23448353
Prognostic value of electromyography in acute peripheral facial nerve palsy.
Sittel C, Stennert E
Otol Neurotol 2001 Jan;22(1):100-4. doi: 10.1097/00129492-200101000-00019. PMID: 11314702

Prognosis

Long-term follow-up after stereotactic radiosurgery of intracanalicular acoustic neurinoma.
Rueß D, Pöhlmann L, Grau S, Hamisch C, Hellerbach A, Treuer H, Kocher M, Ruge MI
Radiat Oncol 2017 Apr 21;12(1):68. doi: 10.1186/s13014-017-0805-0. PMID: 28427410Free PMC Article
Weighting of Facial Grading Variables to Disfigurement in Facial Palsy.
Banks CA, Jowett N, Hadlock CR, Hadlock TA
JAMA Facial Plast Surg 2016 Jul 1;18(4):292-8. doi: 10.1001/jamafacial.2016.0226. PMID: 27124886
Intra-operative monitoring of two facial muscles in hemifacial spasm surgery.
Hale T, Hoffman SN, Dehdashti AR
Neurochirurgie 2015 Aug;61(4):266-70. doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2015.04.001. PMID: 26073921
Supramaximal stimulation during intraoperative facial nerve monitoring as a simple parameter to predict early functional outcome after parotidectomy.
Mamelle E, Bernat I, Pichon S, Granger B, Sain-Oulhen C, Lamas G, Tankéré F
Acta Otolaryngol 2013 Jul;133(7):779-84. Epub 2013 Feb 28 doi: 10.3109/00016489.2013.771283. PMID: 23448353
Annualized incidence and spectrum of illness from an outbreak investigation of Bell's palsy.
Morris AM, Deeks SL, Hill MD, Midroni G, Goldstein WC, Mazzulli T, Davidson R, Squires SG, Marrie T, McGeer A, Low DE
Neuroepidemiology 2002 Sep-Oct;21(5):255-61. doi: 10.1159/000065645. PMID: 12207155

Clinical prediction guides

Diagnostic value of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in Bell's palsy.
Wang Y, Tang W, Chai Y, Zhu W, Li X, Wang Z
Acta Radiol 2021 Sep;62(9):1163-1169. Epub 2020 Sep 24 doi: 10.1177/0284185120958414. PMID: 32972214
Long-term follow-up after stereotactic radiosurgery of intracanalicular acoustic neurinoma.
Rueß D, Pöhlmann L, Grau S, Hamisch C, Hellerbach A, Treuer H, Kocher M, Ruge MI
Radiat Oncol 2017 Apr 21;12(1):68. doi: 10.1186/s13014-017-0805-0. PMID: 28427410Free PMC Article
Weighting of Facial Grading Variables to Disfigurement in Facial Palsy.
Banks CA, Jowett N, Hadlock CR, Hadlock TA
JAMA Facial Plast Surg 2016 Jul 1;18(4):292-8. doi: 10.1001/jamafacial.2016.0226. PMID: 27124886
Idiopathic oculostapedial synkinesis without history of facial nerve palsy.
Fujiwara K, Furuta Y, Fukuda S
Otol Neurotol 2015 Mar;36(3):510-2. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000460. PMID: 24892367
Supramaximal stimulation during intraoperative facial nerve monitoring as a simple parameter to predict early functional outcome after parotidectomy.
Mamelle E, Bernat I, Pichon S, Granger B, Sain-Oulhen C, Lamas G, Tankéré F
Acta Otolaryngol 2013 Jul;133(7):779-84. Epub 2013 Feb 28 doi: 10.3109/00016489.2013.771283. PMID: 23448353

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