title: A case presentation of bilateral simultaneous Bell's palsy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Ankara Research and Training Hospital, ENT Department, Turkey.
authors.forename: Rahmi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozdek
authors.forename: Sevim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Felek
authors.forename: M Asim
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Safak
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Samim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D020330:Bell Palsy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male