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Bilateral Facial Paralysis Following Ethylene Glycol Ingestion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

K.B. Mallya ,
T. Mendis  and
A. Guberman
K.B. Mallya
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Saskatchewan
T. Mendis
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, University of Ottawa
A. Guberman*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, University of Ottawa
*
Division of Neurology, Ottawa General Hospital, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIH 8L6
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Abstract:

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Bilateral facial weakness, diminished hearing and dysphagia developed in a patient with a large overdose of ethylene glycol. Our case and two others previously reported draw attention to the fact that cranial nerve dysfunction, especially bilateral facial palsy, may occur in addition to encephalopathy, coma and renal failure with ethylene glycol ingestion.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , November 1986 , pp. 340 - 341
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1986

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