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H. Michael Baddour, MD

H. Michael Baddour, MD is a board-certified Otolaryngologist, who specializes in head and neck surgical oncology, microvascular reconstruction and facial reanimation. He completed his residency and fellowship training at Emory University School of Medicine. He serves as the Director of the Emory Facial Nerve Program.

Malignant Facial Palsy In The Setting of Cutaneous Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (cSCCHN) is the most frequent cutaneous malignancy leading to perineural spread (PNS). This clinicoradiologic finding is associated with malignant infiltration of the perineural space of large caliber, named nerves with retrograde spread away from the primary site. This results in neural dysfunction and central failure at …

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