Question

David, an aspiring baseball player, was struck on the left side of his face with a fastball pitch. He was not wearing a safety helmet. His zygomatic arch was crushed, as well as parts of the temporal bone. Following the accident and reconstructive surgery, he noted that his left lower eyelid was still drooping and the corner of his mouth sagged. What nerve damage did he sustain?

Answer 1

Answer - Damaged Nerve is Facial Nerve.

Lower motor neuron facial palsy also known as bells palsy can also occur after trauma to temporal bone and zygomatic bone.

Clinical features include paralysis of the same side of muscle below the forehead of the injured nerve . Forehead is spared inlower motor neuron injury due to bilateral innervations.

clinical feature include- Droop in the eyebrow, inability to close the eye, sagging of lower eyelid and weakness of the angle of the mouth.