Facial paralysis caused by tuberculosis in a 2.5-month-old infant.
We describe an infant who presented with a cervical mass and ear discharge that did not respond to broad-spectrum antibiotics. Tuberculous infection was diagnosed after the onset of respiratory distress. Persistent otorrhoea that does not respond to conventional antibiotics or facial paralysis in a child with a discharging ear should alert the physician to a diagnosis of tuberculosis.
Dilber
Embiya
E
Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. embiyadilber@yahoo.com
Yariş
Nilgün
N
Aslan
Yakup
Y
Kalyoncu
Mukaddes
M
Ahmetoğlu
Ali
A
Okten
Ayşenur
A
D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging