Facial palsy as a presenting feature of coarctation of aorta.
We report the unusual presentation of coarctation of the aorta with facial nerve palsy in an infant and a child. The facial nerve palsy and hypertension resolved spontaneously after relief of the aortic coarctation. Our two cases are the first reports of unidentified coarctation of the aorta presenting as facial nerve palsy, with the infant being the youngest to be reported.
Margabanthu
Gomathi
G
Department of Paediatrics, George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton CV10 7 DJ, UK. gomathi@srimathi.com
Brooks
Julia
J
Barron
David
D
Miller
Paul
P