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Facial nerve palsy following therapeutic embolization.

J J Handa, S S Nakasu, and I I Matsuda

Surg Neurol 14(5):377-80 (1980) PMID 7444750

Ischemic neuropathy is a previously described but rarely encountered complication of therapeutic embolization. Two cases of peripheral facial nerve palsy following embolization of branches of the external carotid artery are reported, and the possible mechanism is discussed.

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