title: Facial paralysis caused by tuberculosis in a 2.5-month-old infant.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. embiyadilber@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Embiya
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dilber
authors.forename: Nilgün
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yariş
authors.forename: Yakup
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Mukaddes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalyoncu
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmetoğlu
authors.forename: Ayşenur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okten
mesh_terms: 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