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VII NERVE PALSY

FUNCTIONAL PARTS SENSORY, MOTOR & SECRETOMOTOR

FUNCTIONAL PARTS
SENSORY - TASTE
SOFT P ALA TE

NUCLEUS GUST TORY A

GENICULA TE GANGLION

ANT 2/3 TONGUE

SENSORY SUPPLY
SOMATIC SENSATIONS EAR SKIN EXTERNAL CANAL SPINAL TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS GENICULATE GANGLION

MOTOR SUPPLY
MOTOR

FACIAL MUSCLES

STAPEDIUS FACIAL MOTOR NUCLEUS GENICULATE GANGLION

POST BELLY OF DIGASTRIC

AUTONOMIC SUPPLY
LACRIMAL GLAND LACRIMAL PTERYGOPALATINE GANGLION

NUCLEUS

SUBMANDIBULAR/ SUBLINGUAL GLAND

SUP SALIVATORY NUCLEUS

SUBMANDIBULAR
GANGLION

ANATOMY

INTRACRANIAL
PONS CP ANGLE IAM

SVN

VII N Co N

IVN

INTRATEMPORAL
IAM

LABARYNTHINE
1ST GENU

HORZONTAL
2ND GENU

VERTICAL
STYLOMASTOID FORAMEN

EXTRATEMPORAL

CAUSES OF FACIAL NERVE PALSY : a) CONGENITAL: BIRTH TRAUMA (Forceps) DEVELPMENTAL (MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY, Albers-Schonberg) INHERITED (Moebius Syn, CHARGE) b) INFECTIOUS SOM, BELLS PALSY?, RAMSAY HUNT, LYME, AIDS c) NEOPLASMS VII N NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC NEUROMA, PAROTID TUMOURS d) TRAUMA IATROGENIC (MASTOID SURGERY, PAROTID SURGERY), TEMPORAL BONE #, FACIAL INJURIES

e) IDIOPATHIC EVALUATION CLINICAL EVALUATION MOTOR FUNCTION BLINK TEST FACIAL MOVEMENTS STAPEDIAL REFLEX

SENSORY FUNCTION TASTE SOMATIC HISTELBERGERS SIGN

AUTONOMIC LACRIMAL SCHIRMERS TEST SUBMANDIBULAR FLOW RATE

TESTING FACIAL MUSCLES

TESTING FACIAL MUSCLES


Facial Asymmetry Forehead wrinkling Inability to close the eyes Bells Phenomenon Inability to blow Deviation of angle of mouth
LOWER VS UPPER MOTOR NEURON PALSY

TOPODIAGNOSTIC TESTS: MOTOR, TASTE, STAPEDIAL REFLEX, LACRIMATION

TOPOGNOSTIC TESTS
L S T
GSPN

L+ S T

N to ST
L + S+ T CT

L + S+ T +

ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC TESTS Minimal Nerve Excitability Test Maximal Stimulation Test Electroneurography Electromyography GRADES OF INJURY NEUROPRAXIA AXONTEMESIS NEUROTMESIS

EVALUATION DEGREE OF INJURY : SUNDERLANDS CLASSIFICATION GRADING RECOVERY : HOUSE BRACKMANNS CLASSIFICATION

SUNDERLANDS CLASSIFICATION
FIRST DEGREE
Compression partial block of axons

SECOND DEGREE
Axon loss endoneurium intact

THIRD DEGREE
Endoneurium injured

FOURTH DEGREE
Perineurium injured

FIFTH DEGREE
Epineurium injured

HOUSE-BRACKMANNS CLASSIFICATION
GRADE GRADE GRADE GRADE GRADE GRADE I II III IV V VI Normal Mild dysfunction Moderate dysfunction Mod severe dysfunction Severe dysfunction Total paralysis

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