Unsuspected V nerve lesion resulting from perineural cancer spread detected by blink reflex

✍ Scribed by Firdos S. Sheikh; Ricardo Maselli

• Book ID: 101254686
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 252 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0148-639X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199612)19:12<1623::aid-mus17>3.0.co;2-s

✦ Synopsis

This case illustrates how the blink reflex study guided us in obtaining the appropriate MRI study. Previous attempts by two competent neurologists in the community to determine the etiology of this patient's complaints were unsuccessful. Two previous MRI scans were normal. Blink reflex unequivocally pointed out a lesion in the left trigeminal nerve. This