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<br/><i>LMN lesions:</i>
<br/><i>LMN lesions:</i>
<br/>1. Pontine lesions - syringobulbia, tumors, vascular lesions, MS.  
<br/>1. Pontine lesions: syringobulbia, tumors, vascular lesions, MS.  
<br/>2. CP angle - tumors (acoustic neuroma, meningioma), meningitis.
<br/>2. CP angle: tumors (acoustic neuroma, meningioma), meningitis.
<br/>3. Petrous temporal bone - Bell's palsy (most common, &gt;80%), fracture, meningioma, Ramsay-Hunt syndrome, otitis media.
<br/>3. Petrous temporal bone - Bell's palsy (most common, &gt;80%), fracture, meningioma, Ramsay-Hunt syndrome, otitis media.
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Revision as of 11:07, 20 March 2023

SUMMARY

UMN lesions:
1. Any frontal lobe lesions (tumor, stroke, trauma).

LMN lesions:
1. Pontine lesions: syringobulbia, tumors, vascular lesions, MS.
2. CP angle: tumors (acoustic neuroma, meningioma), meningitis.
3. Petrous temporal bone - Bell's palsy (most common, >80%), fracture, meningioma, Ramsay-Hunt syndrome, otitis media.

4. Parotid - tumor, sarcoidosis.


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