title: Pediatric bilateral facial nerve palsy secondary to acute otitis media.
abstract: Bilateral facial palsy after the onset of acute otitis media is presented in a 19-month-old patient. Facial nerve palsy disappeared gradually after myringotomy. The mechanisms underlying the facial nerve palsy with otitis media are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine 2-16-1, Sugao, Miyamae-ku, 216-8511, Kawasaki City, Japan. k2ochi@marianna-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ochi
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohashi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006874:Hydrostatic Pressure; D007223:Infant; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors