Caída facial
La caída facial puede ser causada por un trastorno como la parálisis de Bell. Este trastorno es una mononeuropatía (que compromete un solo nervio) que daña el séptimo nervio craneal (facial). El nervio facial controla el movimiento de los músculos de la cara.
Revision
Last reviewed 5/21/2012 by Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, and Department of Anatomy, UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.
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