. The diseases of infancy and childhood : designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine. always marked; it is often a very slight paresiswith flattening of the facial muscles on one side and accompanied byslight widening of the palpebral fissure on the same side. In con-nection with this symptom, a dilatation of one pupil or slight stra-bismus is exceedingly significant of basilar aftection. In other words,in the forms of meningitic facial palsy, the physician should be on thealert for changes in the contour of the face, since in many of these casesthe patient is conscious onl
. The diseases of infancy and childhood : designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine. always marked; it is often a very slight paresiswith flattening of the facial muscles on one side and accompanied byslight widening of the palpebral fissure on the same side. In con-nection with this symptom, a dilatation of one pupil or slight stra-bismus is exceedingly significant of basilar aftection. In other words,in the forms of meningitic facial palsy, the physician should be on thealert for changes in the contour of the face, since in many of these casesthe patient is conscious only at intervals. In many cases, restlessnesson the part of the patient will cause the slight flatness of the face orwidening of the palpebral fissure to disappear. The patient should bewatched unawares or when at perfect rest. The facial palsies withcerebellar tumors and tmnors of the pons have been referred to inthe section on Tumors. 838 DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Operative facial palsy in infants and children is likely to occurafter the radical operation on the mastoid, if the operator is not a. Fig. 229.—Facial paralysis, left aide. Girl, aged eight years.
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