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Peripheral Facial Nerve Paralysis After Real-Time Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Biopsy: A Case Report and Literature Review

Submission:February 13, 2023; Published: February 20, 2023

DOI: 10.31031/AICS.2023.03.000572

ISSN 2639-0531
Volume3 Issue5

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We report a case of a 65-year-old man who developed peripheral facial nerve paralysis after perioperative infiltration of lidocaine and successful biopsy. He was then observed by his daughter to have a crooked smile and slurred speech after going back to in-patients department. The clinical signs of facial paralysis started to regress 1 hour later, and then, the facial nerve paralysis was resolved completely with no neurological sequelae after another 2 hours. We assumed this to be caused by the direct action of the local anesthetic agent on the facial nerve.

Keywords:Ultrasound-guided percutaneous biopsy; lidocaine; Facial nerve; Facial paralysis

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