title: Bell's palsy associated with acute herpetic gingivostomatitis.
abstract: One of the most recent hypotheses relative to the cause of Bell's palsy is that involving the latent herpes simplex virus. A case is presented in which the primary infection of the facial nerve by the herpes simplex virus could have been a factor in the unilateral facial paralysis.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000150:complications*; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology