title: Facial nerve palsy in a 3-year-old child with severe hypertension.
abstract: We report an interesting case of a child with new-onset malignant hypertension (HTN) associated with facial paralysis. A review of the medical literature on this association and discussion of diagnostic and management aspects are included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
authors.forename: Bernarda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Viteri
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
authors.forename: Heda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dapul
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY. Electronic address: wbonadio@maimonidesmed.org.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bonadio
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed