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Case Reports
. 1994 Mar;15(2):111-3.
doi: 10.1007/BF02340122.

Cephalic tetanus presenting with incomplete Bell's palsy

M Gentile  1 , G Lauria
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Cephalic tetanus presenting with incomplete Bell's palsy

M Gentile et al. Ital J Neurol Sci. 1994 Mar.

Abstract

We present a case of cephalic tetanus in a 60-year old man, whose onset was accompanied by an unusual and incomplete palsy of the muscles supplied by the upper branch of the seventh cranial nerve. Seven days before the appearance of incomplete Bell's palsy, the patient had suffered a slight superficial wound to his forehead on the same side. Seventeen days after the injury, there was evidence of generalized tetanus.

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  • Clonic tetanus.
    Hawley RJ. Hawley RJ. Ital J Neurol Sci. 1995 May;16(4):263. doi: 10.1007/BF02282998. Ital J Neurol Sci. 1995. PMID: 7591679 No abstract available.

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