Facial weakness

Facial weakness is a medical sign associated with a variety of medical conditions.

Facial weakness
Specialty	Neurology

Some specific conditions associated with facial weakness include:

See also

Acute facial nerve paralysis
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

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Classification	D ICD-9-CM: 781.94, 438.83

Cerebrovascular diseases

Brain ischemia/
cerebral infarction
(ischemic stroke/TIA)

TACI, PACI	precerebral: Carotid artery stenosis cerebral: MCA ACA Amaurosis fugax Moyamoya disease
POCI	precerebral: Anterior spinal artery syndrome Vertebrobasilar insufficiency Subclavian steal syndrome brainstem: medulla Medial medullary syndrome Lateral medullary syndrome pons Medial pontine syndrome/Foville's Lateral pontine syndrome/Millard-Gubler midbrain Weber's Benedikt Claude's cerebral: PCA Lacunar stroke Dejerine–Roussy syndrome cerebellar
General	cerebral: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis CADASIL Binswanger's disease Transient global amnesia

Intracranial hemorrhage
(hemorrhagic stroke)

Extra-axial	Epidural Subdural Subarachnoid
Cerebral/Intra-axial	Intraventricular
Brainstem	Duret haemorrhages

Cerebral aneurysm
- Intracranial berry aneurysm
- Charcot–Bouchard aneurysm

Other/general

Cerebral vasculitis

Symptoms and signs relating to the nervous and musculoskeletal systems

Primarily nervous system

Primarily CNS

Movement disorders	Dyskinesia: Athetosis Tremor
Gait abnormality	Scissor gait Cerebellar ataxia Festinating gait Marche à petit pas Propulsive gait Stomping gait Spastic gait Magnetic gait Truncal ataxia
Lack of coordination	Dyskinesia: Ataxia Cerebellar ataxia/Dysmetria Sensory ataxia Dyssynergia Dysdiadochokinesia Asterixis
Other	Abnormal posturing: Opisthotonus Sensory processing disorder: Hemispatial neglect Facial weakness Hyperreflexia Pronator drift

Primarily PNS

Gait abnormality	Steppage gait Antalgic gait

Primarily muscular

Movement disorders	Spasm Trismus Fasciculation Fibrillation Myokymia Cramp
Gait abnormality	Myopathic gait Trendelenburg gait Pigeon gait
Other	Tetany Meningism

Primarily skeletal

Primarily joint

Joint locking

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