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Bilateral simultaneous facial nerve palsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

T. Price
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Guys Hospital, London, UK.
D. G. Fife
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, UK.

Abstract

Bilateral simultaneous facial nerve palsy is an extremely rare clinical entity with Bell’s palsy responsible for a mere 20 per cent of cases. It is, therefore, important that clinicians are aware of the differential diagnosis when evaluating a case.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2002

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