title: Newborn with congenital facial palsy and bilateral anotia/atresia of external auditory canal: Rare occurrence.
abstract: Congenital facial palsy (CFP) is clinically defined as facial palsy of the seventh cranial nerve which is present at birth or shortly thereafter. It is generally considered to be either developmental or acquired in origin. Facial palsy of developmental origin is associated with other anomalies including those of pinna and external auditory canal, which range from mild defects to severe microtia and atresia. We report a 2-day-old male newborn that had right CFP with bilateral anotia and atresia of external auditory canals which is rare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, MS Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Rohan R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Mahale
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, MS Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Anish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, MS Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Aju Abraham
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: John
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, MS Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Buddaraju
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, MS Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Abhinandan K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, MS Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Srinivasa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rangasetty
keywords: Anotia; bilateral; congenital; facial; palsy