Facial weakness

Medical condition

Facial weakness
Specialty	Neurology

Facial weakness is a medical sign associated with a variety of medical conditions.^[1]

Some specific conditions associated with facial weakness include:^{[citation needed]}

Stroke
Neurofibromatosis
Bell's palsy
Ramsay Hunt syndrome
Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak
Myasthenia gravis

See also

Acute facial nerve paralysis
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

References

^ Volpe, Joseph J (2008). "Neurological Examination: Normal and Abnormal Features". Neurology of the Newborn: 121–153. doi:10.1016/B978-1-4160-3995-2.10003-2. Retrieved 2 June 2022.

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Differential diagnosis
Diagram of appearance in stroke

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Cerebrovascular diseases including stroke

Ischaemic stroke

Brain	Anterior cerebral artery syndrome Middle cerebral artery syndrome Posterior cerebral artery syndrome Amaurosis fugax Moyamoya disease Dejerine–Roussy syndrome Watershed stroke Lacunar stroke
Brain stem	Brainstem stroke syndrome Medulla Medial medullary syndrome Lateral medullary syndrome Pons Medial pontine syndrome / Foville's Lateral pontine syndrome / Millard-Gubler Midbrain Weber's syndrome Benedikt syndrome Claude's syndrome
Cerebellum	Cerebellar stroke syndrome
Extracranial arteries	Carotid artery stenosis precerebral Anterior spinal artery syndrome Vertebrobasilar insufficiency Subclavian steal syndrome
Classification	Brain ischemia Cerebral infarction Classification Transient ischemic attack Total anterior circulation infarct Partial anterior circulation infarct
Other	CADASIL Binswanger's disease Transient global amnesia

Haemorrhagic stroke

Extra-axial	Epidural Subdural Subarachnoid
Cerebral/Intra-axial	Intraventricular
Brainstem	Duret haemorrhages
General	Intracranial hemorrhage

Intracranial aneurysm
- Charcot–Bouchard aneurysm

Other

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