title: Bilateral facial nerve palsy: four case reports.
abstract: Bilateral facial nerve palsy is relatively uncommon and may occur in association with a variety of neurological, infectious, neoplastic or degenerative disorders. Presentation is made of 4 cases of bilateral facial diplegia due to a refractory anemia with excess of blasts, a Lyme disease and a tuberculoid leprosy. In one of these patients the cause of bilateral seventh-nerve palsy was unknown (Bell's palsy). Facial palsy returned to normal after treatment with steroids in 3 patients. The patient with myelodysplastic syndrome did not show any improvement and died 6 months after diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Ciutat Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arias
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nogués
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mañós
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Amilibia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dicenta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000754:Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts / Q000150:complications; D004576:Electromyography; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015441:Leprosy, Tuberculoid / Q000150:complications; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000150:complications