THE EVOLUTION OF THE POST-SURGICAL PARESIS OF THE FACIAL NERVE UNDER TREATMENT WITH NIMODIPINE IN A CASE OF MADELUNG DISEASE
Abstract:
We present a Madelung disease case which affected in its progressive evolution the cervical
anterior, submadibular, occipital and bilateral parotid areas. The excision of the lipoma located in the
parotid area involved the dissection of the temporal zygomatic branches of the facial nerve which
resulted in their different degree post-surgical paresis. We monitored the evolution of the paresis after
the intake of nimodipine for 7 days immediately after the surgery, noticing total remission of the paresis
6 months later.
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