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  • Title: Concurrent trigeminal, abducens, and facial nerve palsies presenting as false localizing signs: case report.
    Author: Ro LS, Chen ST, Tang LM, Wei KC.
    Journal: Neurosurgery; 1995 Aug; 37(2):322-4; discussion 324-5. PubMed ID: 7477786.
    Abstract:
    Multiple cranial nerve dysfunction presenting as false localizing signs is rare. We report a 20-year-old woman who had concurrent trigeminal sensory disturbance, abducens, and peripheral facial nerve palsies in association with a contralateral acoustic neuroma. After surgery, the trigeminal nerve disturbance and the abducens nerve palsy completely recovered, but the peripheral facial nerve palsy persisted. The nature of tumor, the presence of brain stem distortion, the anatomic variation of posterior fossa, and the relationships of cranial nerves and nearby blood vessels, which are factors influencing the occurrence of false localizing, are briefly discussed.
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