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Neurological picture
MRI appearances of the facial nerve in an HIV infected patient with acute facial nerve palsy
  1. K A MISZKIEL
  1. MRI Unit, Imaging Department at UCL Hospitals (NHS) Trust, London, UK
  2. Division of Pathology and Infectious Diseases
  3. UCL Medical School, Camden and Islington Community Health Services (NHS) Trust, The Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London, UK
  1. Dr Katherine Anne Miszkiel, Lysholm Department of Radiology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1 3BG, UK. Telephone 0044 171 837 3611; email KAMiszkiel{at}aol.com
  1. R F MILLER
  1. MRI Unit, Imaging Department at UCL Hospitals (NHS) Trust, London, UK
  2. Division of Pathology and Infectious Diseases
  3. UCL Medical School, Camden and Islington Community Health Services (NHS) Trust, The Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London, UK
  1. Dr Katherine Anne Miszkiel, Lysholm Department of Radiology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1 3BG, UK. Telephone 0044 171 837 3611; email KAMiszkiel{at}aol.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.67.3.407

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    A 27 year old white HIV positive homosexual man presented with a 6 day history of right mandibular and posterior auricular pain progressing to right facial weakness on day 7. Examination showed a right lower motor neuron facial palsy. On MRI performed on day 7, coronal (fig A) and axial (fig B) T1 weighted unenhanced images showed swelling (arrow) …

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