Bilateral facial palsy associated with Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
A 22-year-old man developed acute bilateral peripheral facial paralysis in association with Stevens-Johnson syndrome, probably as a result of ampicillin allergy. All symptoms cleared except the facial paralysis. He is the first patient in whom acute facial palsy and Stevens-Johnson syndrome have occurred simultaneously.
D000328:Adult; D000667:Ampicillin; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications*
D000667:Ampicillin