A Rare Case of Cephalic Tetanus with Infranuclear Facial Palsy Following Foot Injury

Authors

  • Srikanth paleti Associate Professor, Dept. of General Medicine, Mamata medical college, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh
  • Srinivasa Rao B Associate Professor, Dept of Anatomy, Mamata medical college, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh
  • Umakanth Venkat Kodali Dept. of General Medicine, Mamata medical college, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh
  • Ranjith Kumar N Dept. of General Medicine, Mamata medical college, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh
  • Suresh Babu P Dept. of General Medicine, Mamata medical college, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v2i2.4409

Keywords:

Cephalic tetanus, Facial palsy, Foot injury

Abstract

We present here a rare case of cephalic tetanus with infranuclear facial nerve palsy following injury to the left foot with progression to generalized form, recovered completely in 6 weeks. There were few reports that cranial nerve palsies may occur in tetanus when the site of injury is other than in the head and neck, and indeed when there is no apparent site of entry of infection. In cephalic tetanus the prognosis is generally worse but here patient recovered completely without any residual paresis

Key Words: Cephalic tetanus; Facial palsy; Foot injury

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v2i2.4409

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences 2 (2011) 131-133

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2011-09-17

How to Cite

paleti, S., B, S. R., Kodali, U. V., N, R. K., & P, S. B. (2011). A Rare Case of Cephalic Tetanus with Infranuclear Facial Palsy Following Foot Injury. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2(2), 131–133. https://doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v2i2.4409

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