10.1055/b-0034-92465 Acute Management of the Effects of Facial ParalysisMichael B. Gluth and Marcus D. Atlas Clinical management issues related to acute facial paralysis can be divided into three categories. The…
10.1055/b-0034-92454 Congenital Facial WeaknessRandolph Sherman and Ronald M. Zuker Each of us enters this world in a profoundly dramatic way. Either by unrelenting naturally propulsive physical forces through vaginal birth…
10.1055/b-0034-92447 Anatomy of the Facial Nerve and Associated StructuresBradley W. Kesser The anatomy of the facial nerve beautifully illustrates the complexities of the human peripheral, central, and autonomic nervous systems….
10.1055/b-0034-92448 Physiology of the Facial NerveFelipe Santos and William H. Slattery III The facial nerve is the motor nerve of the face, scalp, auricle, and neck via the platysma. Mastication…
10.1055/b-0034-92453 Differential Diagnosis of Acute Facial ParalysisMaurizio Barbara Facial paralysis (FP) consists of weakness of the face musculature. The timing of this weakness usually is immediate, taking place within a…
10.1055/b-0034-92451 Measurement of Facial Nerve FunctionJohn W. House and Mark Brandt Lorenz The House-Brackmann (HB) facial nerve grading scale was adopted as the official metric of the International Facial Nerve…
10.1055/b-0034-92456 Medical Treatment of Bell PalsyJeffrey T. Vrabec Understanding the pathogenesis of a disease is fundamental in designing therapy. Preceding chapters have presented the differential diagnosis of acute facial paralysis…
10.1055/b-0034-91568 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Diagnostic Strategies Clinical Features Compared with other malignancies in the head and neck region, nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) affects a relatively younger age group of patients1 and this…
10.1055/b-0034-91570 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Salvage of Residual or Recurrent Tumor Incidence and Diagnosis As nasopharyngeal carcinoma is radiosensitive and it has a high incidence of metastases to the cervical lymph nodes,…
10.1055/b-0034-91566 Anatomy and Pathologies Anatomy The pharynx, an incomplete muscular tubular structure, is divided into nasopharynx, oropharynx, and hypopharynx depending on its relationship with the oral cavity. Anatomically, the nasopharynx…
