title: Simultaneous bilateral Bell's palsy during pregnancy.
abstract: Idiopathic bilateral facial paralysis, although rare, seems to be more frequent during the last trimester of pregnancy and in the early puerperium. Unlike unilateral facial paralysis where the cause is mostly idiopathic, bilateral facial palsy is less often idiopathic, and various etiologies had been suggested.We present herein, an unusual case of simultaneous idiopathic bilateral Bell's palsy during the third trimester of pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Edith Wolfson Medical Center, P.O. Box 5, Holon 58100, Israel. michalkovo@gmail.com
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kovo
authors.forename: Yair
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sagi
authors.forename: Yair
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lampl
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Golan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020330:Bell Palsy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third