Facial Paralysis
Severe or complete loss of facial muscle motor function. This condition may result from central or peripheral lesions. Damage to CNS motor pathways from the cerebral cortex to the facial nuclei in the pons leads to facial weakness that generally spares the forehead muscles. FACIAL NERVE DISEASES generally results in generalized hemifacial weakness. NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASES and MUSCULAR DISEASES may also cause facial paralysis or paresis.
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Tree Number(s): C07.465.327, C10.597.622.214, C23.888.592.636.214
MeSH Unique ID: D005158
Entry Terms:
- Paralyses, Facial
- Paralysis, Facial
- Facial Palsy
- Facial Palsies
- Palsies, Facial
- Palsy, Facial
- Hemifacial Paralysis
- Paralyses, Hemifacial
- Paralysis, Hemifacial
- Facial Palsy, Lower Motor Neuron
- Facial Paralysis, Peripheral
- Facial Paralyses, Peripheral
- Paralysis, Peripheral Facial
- Peripheral Facial Paralysis
- Lower Motor Neuron Facial Palsy
- Facial Palsy, Upper Motor Neuron
- Facial Paralysis, Central
- Central Facial Paralyses
- Central Facial Paralysis
- Facial Paralyses, Central
- Paralyses, Central Facial
- Paralysis, Central Facial
- Upper Motor Neuron Facial Palsy
- Facial Paresis
- Pareses, Facial
- Paresis, Facial
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