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Traumatic Lesions of the Cranial Nerves

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Head trauma is an important cause of cranial nerve lesions. It may cause individual or multiple cranial nerve lesions. The extent of the lesion is usually related to the intensity and the mechanism of the impact.

This chapter reviews traumatic lesions in each cranial nerve, including specific clinical features, electrodiagnosis and imaging data, prognosis, and therapeutic options.

Authors of this chapter: Tudor Lupescu and Doriana Lupescu.

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  1. Department of Neurology, “Prof. Dr. Agrippa Ionescu” Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

    Tudor Lupescu

  2. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Buftea Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital, Buftea, Ilfov County, Romania

    Doriana Lupescu

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Lupescu, T., Lupescu, D. (2023). Traumatic Lesions of the Cranial Nerves. In: The Cranial Nerves in Neurology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43081-7_32

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