Traumatic midbrain hematoma in a patient presenting with an isolated palsy of voluntary facial movements: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 158-160

  Bouras, Triantafyllos ^a   Stranjalis, George ^a,b   Sakas, Damianos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Facial palsy; Head trauma; Neuroanatomy; Thalamus midbrain hematoma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN STEM HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS; VOLITION;

EID: 34347399289     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/07/0158     Document Type: Article

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