THE OCCURRENCE OF PERIPHERAL FACIAL PARALYSIS IN HYPERTENSIVE VASCULAR DISEASE
Authors: Harold R. Merwarth
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Article1 August 1942THE OCCURRENCE OF PERIPHERAL FACIAL PARALYSIS IN HYPERTENSIVE VASCULAR DISEASEHAROLD R. MERWARTH, M.D., F.A.C.P.HAROLD R. MERWARTH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-2-298 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough paralysis of the peripheral portion of the facial nerve is a very common disorder, its occurrence as a result of localized compressive bleeding in hypertensive vascular disease has been regarded as rare. Whereas hemorrhage into the facial aqueduct as a cause of facial palsy was recognized by earlier observers, their pathological findings and opinions have been ignored recently in the tabulated causal classifications of facial paralysis.Since 1925, 468 cases of facial paralysis peripheral in location have been observed. Eighteen of this number were myoclonic facial palsies. Although the ultimate picture of myoclonic paralysis resembles that of the contractured...Bibliography1. MOXON : Transactions of the Pathologic Society of London, 1869, xx, 420. Google Scholar2. GOWERS WR: Diseases of the nervous system (Am. Edition), 1888, Blakiston & Son, Philadelphia, p. 648. Google Scholar3. OPPENHEIM H: Textbook of nervous diseases, 1910, Darien Press, Edinburgh, i, p. 482. Google Scholar4. KEITHWAGENERKERNOHAN NHPJW: The syndrome of malignant hypertension, Arch. Int. Med., 1928, xli, 141. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. AMBERG S: Hypertension in the young, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1929, xxxvii, 335. Google Scholar6. MAY E: Néphrite chronique et paralysie faciale, Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. d. hôp. de Paris, 1930, liv, 915-917. Google Scholar7. MONIER-VINARDPUECH P: Néphrite chronique et paralysie faciale, Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. d. hôp. de Paris, 1930, liv, 977-980. Google Scholar8. GRIFFITH JQ: Involvement of the facial nerve in malignant hypertension, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1923, xxix, 1194. Google Scholar9. GALLAVARDIN ML: Hypertension artérielle et paralysie faciale périphérique, Médecine, 1936, xvii, 186-190. Google Scholar10. MERWARTH HR: The recurrence of facial paralysis, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1935, clxxxix, 2, 270. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. POLITZER A: Diseases of the ears, 1926, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 37. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: HAROLD R. MERWARTH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Brooklyn, New York*Read before the Brooklyn Neurological Society January 28, 1941. Received for publication August 8, 1941. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Use of Phototherapy for Bell’s PalsyBell's palsy: an overviewAnatomical consideration of the temporal bone as a pathogenesis of Bell’s palsyPeripheral facial palsy after varicella. Report of two cases and review of the literatureCorrelates of degree of nerve involvement in early Bell's palsyBell's PalsyIdiopathic facial (Bell's) palsy: a clinical survey of prognostic factorsBell's palsy: factors affecting the prognosis in 200 patients with reference to hypertension and diabetes mellitus‘Bell's palsy’ in accelerated hypertensionIdiopathic Facial Paralysis, Pregnancy, and the Menstrual CycleIdiopathic Facial Palsy and PregnancyMelkersson-Rosenthal syndromeTransitory unilateral facial parallysis (Bell's palsy)Tratamiento de la parálisis facialXCVI The Otological Concept of Bell's Palsy and its TreatmentSymposium: The Treatment of Facial ParalysisLXIV The Present Position of Facial Nerve Surgery 1 August 1942Volume 17, Issue 2 Page: 298-307 Keywords Facial nerve Hemorrhage Paralysis Vascular diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...