title: Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as bilateral otalgia with facial palsy: a case report.
abstract: Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is defined as a granulomatous inflammation of the upper and lower respiratory tract due to a systemic vasculitis. Facial nerve palsy may occur during the course of any granulomatous or vasculitis disease. But very few cases have been reported in which facial nerve palsy is the presenting feature of WG. We recently experienced an interesting case of WG presenting as acute middle ear infection and subsequent bilateral facial palsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Kun Woo
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Na Hye
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Myong
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Yun
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jung
keywords: Earache; Facial paralysis; Wegener granulomatosis