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Cranial nerve palsy
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Etiology
- Microvascular infarction, eg, diabetes, hypertension
- Multiple sclerosis
- Acute or chronic otitis media
- Malignant otitis externa
- Infiltrating process at skull base: meningitis, sarcoidosis, intracranial metastases, lymphoma, nasopharyngeal cancer
- Brainstem infarct or vertebrobasilar insufficiency
- Arterial dissection, eg, internal carotid, vertebral
- Compression by aneurysm or tumor
- Neurosyphilis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Neurofibromatosis
- Paget's disease
- Myasthenia gravis
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Diphtheria
- Glomus jugulare (middle ear tumor)
- Pituitary apoplexy
- Graves' ophthalmopathy (not a palsy, but affects extraocular movements)
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Etiology
- Microvascular infarction, eg, diabetes, hypertension
- Multiple sclerosis
- Acute or chronic otitis media
- Malignant otitis externa
- Infiltrating process at skull base: meningitis, sarcoidosis, intracranial metastases, lymphoma, nasopharyngeal cancer
- Brainstem infarct or vertebrobasilar insufficiency
- Arterial dissection, eg, internal carotid, vertebral
- Compression by aneurysm or tumor
- Neurosyphilis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Neurofibromatosis
- Paget's disease
- Myasthenia gravis
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Diphtheria
- Glomus jugulare (middle ear tumor)
- Pituitary apoplexy
- Graves' ophthalmopathy (not a palsy, but affects extraocular movements)
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Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Cranial Nerve Palsy." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. 5minute, www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/Diagnosaurus/114854/all/Cranial_nerve_palsy.
Zeiger RFR. Cranial nerve palsy. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/Diagnosaurus/114854/all/Cranial_nerve_palsy. Accessed September 25, 2021.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Cranial nerve palsy. In Diagnosaurus (4th edition). McGraw-Hill Education. https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/Diagnosaurus/114854/all/Cranial_nerve_palsy
Zeiger RFR. Cranial Nerve Palsy [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2021 September 25]. Available from: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/Diagnosaurus/114854/all/Cranial_nerve_palsy.
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