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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Main Authors: Daisuke Kamide, Takeshi Matsunobu, Akihiro Shiotani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/329536
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spelling doaj-7c3b65b4a18f4dcbb50733379fe9ff6e2020-11-24T22:59:41ZengHindawi LimitedCase 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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author Daisuke Kamide
Takeshi Matsunobu
Akihiro Shiotani
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Takeshi Matsunobu
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Facial Baroparesis Caused by Scuba Diving
Case Reports in Otolaryngology
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Takeshi Matsunobu
Akihiro Shiotani
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title Facial Baroparesis Caused by Scuba Diving
title_short Facial Baroparesis Caused by Scuba Diving
title_full Facial Baroparesis Caused by Scuba Diving
title_fullStr Facial Baroparesis Caused by Scuba Diving
title_full_unstemmed Facial Baroparesis Caused by Scuba Diving
title_sort facial baroparesis caused by scuba diving
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Otolaryngology
issn 2090-6765
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publishDate 2012-01-01
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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