Facial Baroparesis Caused by Scuba Diving
Middle ear barotrauma is one of the common complications of SCUBA diving representing acute otalgia, hearing loss, and bleeding. But occurrence of facial palsy is rare. Here we report a case of a 30-year-old navy diver suffered middle ear barotrauma with transient facial palsy after SCUBA diving. He...
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| description | Middle ear barotrauma is one of the common complications of SCUBA diving representing acute otalgia, hearing loss, and bleeding. But occurrence of facial palsy is rare. Here we report a case of a 30-year-old navy diver suffered middle ear barotrauma with transient facial palsy after SCUBA diving. He felt difficulty in equalizing the pressure in middle ear with Valsalva maneuver during diving, and suffered right facial palsy and aural fullness after diving. Clinical examination showed remarkable bulging of the right
tympanic membrane and right facial palsy without other neurological findings. But facial palsy was disappeared immediately after myringotomy. We considered that the etiology of this case was neuropraxia of facial nerve in middle ear caused by over pressure of middle ear. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7c3b65b4a18f4dcbb50733379fe9ff6e2025-02-03T05:51:35ZengWileyCase Reports in Otolaryngology2090-67652090-67732012-01-01201210.1155/2012/329536329536Facial Baroparesis Caused by Scuba DivingDaisuke Kamide0Takeshi Matsunobu1Akihiro Shiotani2Division of Otolaryngology, Japan Self Defense Force Hospital Kure, Hiroshima 737-0027, JapanDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama 359-8513, JapanDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama 359-8513, JapanMiddle ear barotrauma is one of the common complications of SCUBA diving representing acute otalgia, hearing loss, and bleeding. But occurrence of facial palsy is rare. Here we report a case of a 30-year-old navy diver suffered middle ear barotrauma with transient facial palsy after SCUBA diving. He felt difficulty in equalizing the pressure in middle ear with Valsalva maneuver during diving, and suffered right facial palsy and aural fullness after diving. Clinical examination showed remarkable bulging of the right tympanic membrane and right facial palsy without other neurological findings. But facial palsy was disappeared immediately after myringotomy. We considered that the etiology of this case was neuropraxia of facial nerve in middle ear caused by over pressure of middle ear.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/329536 |
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