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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2020

[Peripheral facial palsy in children: an unusual manifestation of foreign body in the ear].

Patrick Maholisoa Randrianandraina, Hery Henintsoa Randrianirina, Avisoa Theodora Fare, Ando Mathieu Andriamahenina, Ravaka Hariniaina Andriambelo, Diavolana Koecher Andrianarimanana, Fanomezantsoa Andriamparany Rakoto

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Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Patrick Maholisoa RandrianandrainaService d´Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Professeur Zafisaona Gabriel, Mahajanga, Madagascar.
Hery Henintsoa RandrianirinaService d´Anesthésie-Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Professeur Zafisaona Gabriel, Mahajanga, Madagascar.
Avisoa Theodora FareService d´Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Professeur Zafisaona Gabriel, Mahajanga, Madagascar.
Ando Mathieu AndriamaheninaService d´Ophtalmologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Professeur Zafisaona Gabriel, Mahajanga, Madagascar.
Ravaka Hariniaina AndriambeloService d´Ophtalmologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Professeur Zafisaona Gabriel, Mahajanga, Madagascar.
Diavolana Koecher AndrianarimananaFaculté de Médecine, Université de Mahajanga, Mahajanga, Madagascar.
Fanomezantsoa Andriamparany RakotoFaculté de Médecine, Université d´Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Université de Mahajanga · MGUniversity of Antananarivo · MG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Foreign bodies in the ear are common in children but they rarely lead to complications. We here report a rare case of homolateral facial palsy in a 4-year old female child that occurred 15 days after introduction of toxic foreign body (Abrus precatorius seed) in her ear. The patients had signs of local necrosis associated with external otitis, without systemic involvement. Foreign body extraction was performed using micro-hook. Local and general treatments as well as corticosteroid therapy and physiotherapy were started with good outcome after three weeks. Prolonged stay of the foreign body in the ear can cause local infection resulting in potential functional complications. Early extraction and local treatment are the basis for treatment.

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AbrusChild, PreschoolEar CanalFacial ParalysisFemaleForeign BodiesHumansOtitis ExternaSeedsAbrus precatoriusexternal auditory canalforeign bodiesperipheral facial palsy

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PMID33117478
PMCPMC7572671
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