Transient facial nerve paralysis (Bell's palsy) following administration of hepatitis B recombinant vaccine: a case report.
Bell's palsy is the sudden onset of unilateral transient paralysis of facial muscles resulting from dysfunction of the seventh cranial nerve. Presented here is a 26-year-old female patient with right lower motor neurone facial palsy following hepatitis B vaccination. Readers' attention is drawn to an uncommon cause of Bell's palsy, as a possible rare complication of hepatitis B vaccination, and steps taken to manage such a presentation.
St James Hospital, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Dublin 8, Ireland;
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Dublin Dental School and Hospital, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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D000328:Adult; D020330:Bell Palsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000009:adverse effects
D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic