Facial palsy secondary to arteritis of the internal carotid artery in a school patient.
Vol. 28 No. 3 (2019), Reportes de Casos Clínicos
Vol. 28 No. 3 (2019)

Facial palsy secondary to arteritis of the internal carotid artery in a school patient.

Reportes de Casos Clínicos
Published 2021-11-03
Oscar Espitia-Segura
Departamento de neurología pediátrica, HOMI Fundación Hospital Pediátrico la Misericordia, Bogotá DC, Colombia.
Natalia Penagos
Departamento de neurología pediátrica, HOMI Fundación Hospital Pediátrico la Misericordia, Bogotá DC, Colombia.
Ricardo Hernández-Sarmiento
Residente de pediatría, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá DC, Colombia.
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Keywords

facial paralysis
arteritis
vasculitis
carotid stenosis

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Espitia-Segura, O., Penagos, N., & Hernández-Sarmiento, R. (2021). Facial palsy secondary to arteritis of the internal carotid artery in a school patient. Revista Ecuatoriana De Neurología, 28(3). Retrieved from https://revecuatneurol.temp.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/revecuatneurol/article/view/1712
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Abstract

Facial palsy can be secondary to multiple etiologies such as infectious, traumatic, neoplastic, metabolic and neurological; with resolution in most cases. It has an incidence of between 11.5 and 40.2 cases per 100,000 people/year including adult and pediatric patients. We present the case of a 9-year-old patient who consulted for facial paralysis in whom a diagnosis of stenosis of the internal carotid artery was made, with subsequent symptomatic improvement with specific treatment.