A case presentation of bilateral simultaneous Bell's palsy.
Bilateral simultaneous facial paralysis is an extremely rare clinical entity. Unlike the unilateral form, bilateral facial paralysis seldom falls into Bell's category. It is most often a special finding in a symptom complex of a systemic disease; many of them are potentially life-threatening, and therefore the condition warrants urgent medical intervention. Lyme disease, Guillian-Barre syndrome, Bell's palsy, leukemia, sarcoidosis, bacterial meningitis, syphilis, leprosy, Moebius syndrome, infectious mononucleosis, and skull fracture are the most common cause of bilateral facial paralysis. Here we present a 16-year-old patient with bilateral simultaneous Bell's palsy.
Kilic
Rahmi
R
Ministry of Health, Ankara Research and Training Hospital, ENT Department, Turkey.
Ozdek
Ali
A
Felek
Sevim
S
Safak
M Asim
MA
Samim
Erdal
E
D000293:Adolescent; D020330:Bell Palsy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male