title: Facial diplegia: etiology, clinical manifestations, and diagnostic evaluation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Facial diplegia (FD) is a rare neurological manifestation with diverse causes. This article aims to systematically evaluate the etiology, diagnostic evaluation and treatment of FD.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was performed retrospectively and included 17 patients with a diagnosis of FD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients were diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) (11), Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (1), neurosarcoidosis (1), non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (1), tuberculous meningitis (1) herpes simplex reactivation (1) and idiopathic (1). In addition, two patients had developed FD during pregnancy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Facial diplegia is an ominous symptom with widely varying causes that requires careful investigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sefer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varol
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan Huseyin
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Esref
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akil
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Demet
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: M Ufuk
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Aluclu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Caner F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yucel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult