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ArticleThe Laryngoscope2026

Subclinical Facial Nerve Enlargement in a Case of Chronic Demyelinating Peripheral Neuropathy.

Yassine Balhi, Syed Ameen Ahmad, Amanda M Lauer, Ahmet Hoke, Bryan K Ward, Adam C Kaufman

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Article in The Laryngoscope, 2026. 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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Yassine BalhiDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Syed Ameen AhmadDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6179-5252
Amanda M LauerDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Ahmet HokeDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Bryan K WardDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Adam C KaufmanDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9065-5312

Funding

Research Training in Otolaryngology ProgramR25DC021243 · NIDCD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI John Patrick Carey, Amanda M. Lauer · 2024 to 2026
$1.2M
HIGH FIELD MRI AND THE LABYRINTH: VESTIBULAR STIMULATION AND NEW IMAGING TECHNIQUESK23DC018302 · NIDCD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WARD, BRYAN KEVIN · 2021 to 2025
$991k
Johns Hopkins Human Temporal Bone Resource K23 DC018302Johns Hopkins Human Temporal Bone Resource R25 DC021243NIDCD NIH HHS K23 DC018302NIDCD NIH HHS R25 DC021243
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report an archival temporal bone case from the Otopathology Archives at Johns Hopkins of a man with progressive distal-predominant weakness, sensory loss, areflexia, and bilateral pes cavus, with clinicopathologic features suggestive of a chronic demyelinating peripheral neuropathy. Bilateral temporal bone histopathology demonstrated diffuse enlargement of the facial nerve throughout its intratemporal course, with additional enlargement of the glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves. This case suggests that marked cranial nerve hypertrophy may be clinically unapparent in some hereditary polyneuropathies and supports future correlation of temporal bone pathology with imaging and genotype in confirmed cases.

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chronic neuropathyfacial nervetemporal bone histopathology

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PMID42778308
PMCPMC13602297

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