title: Familial recurrent peripheral facial palsy. Observations of the pediatric population.
abstract: Idiopathic peripheral facial palsies in the pediatric population have been noted to carry a favorable prognosis. We describe three members of a family, including two children with recurrent facial palsy, and review the relevant literature. As recurrent peripheral facial palsies carry a relatively poor prognosis, the physician should be alerted to this possibility in any child who has an idiopathic peripheral facial palsy and a positive family history.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence