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Journal of Case Reports
Woe of Pregnant Females: The Seductive Mona Lisa Syndrome
Virendra Atam, Amit Shankar Singh, Liza Das, Laxmi Shankar Singh
From the Department of Medicine, King George’s Medical University, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, India.
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Amit Shankar Singh
Email: amitkgmumedicine@gmail.com
Received: 30-NOV-2013 Accepted: 24-DEC-2013 Published Online: 30-DEC-2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17659/01.2013.0109
Abstract
Mona Lisa syndrome is the most fascinating of all pregnancy related syndromes. It represents the characteristic idiopathic lower motor neuron facial nerve palsy mainly presenting in third trimester and associated with facial asymmetry caused by protracted and incomplete motor regeneration of the facial nerve. We encountered a pregnant female with idiopathic left facial nerve palsy of initial House-Brackmann Grade VI who on serial monitoring with facial electroneurography was identified as Mona Lisa syndrome.
Keywords : Facial Nerve, Facial Paralysis, Bell Palsy, Motor Neurons, Pregnancy, Syndrome.
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