FROM ATAXIA TO BILATERAL FACIAL PALSY DUE TO ONE VIRUS

Tuberculous Otitis Media Leading to Sequentialib Bilateral Facial Nerve Paralysis

Introduction: Tuberculous otitis media (TOM) is an uncommon, insidious, and frequently misdiagnosed form of tuberculosis (TB). In particular, TOM is usually secondary to direct transmission from adjacent organs, while the primary form has been rarely reported. The main aim of treatment is to start the patient on an antitubercular regime and early surgical intervention to decompress the facial n...

Facial Palsy due to Parotid Abscess: An Unusual Complication.

Facial nerve palsy is usually associated with a malignant parotid neoplasm; it is highly unusual for it to result from a benign situation, such as inflammation or infection of the parotid gland. Surgery along with prompt medical treatment is the mainstay, and in the majority of the patients, nerve paralysis recovers in the follow-up period. We report a case of a 50-year-old non-diabetic non-hyp...

Isolated facial palsy due to intra-aural tick (ixodoidea) infestation

Facial palsy with severe hypertension due to renal tumour.

Bell's palsy is usually the diagnosis for reversible lower motor neurone facial paresis of abrupt onset in children. We report on a girl in whom facial paresis led to the detection of severe hypertension produced by a renal tumour. Case report A 14-year-old girl developed right facial paresis which spontaneously recovered over four weeks. One month later she developed a similar weakness on the ...

A Rare Case of Facial Palsy Due to Mucormycosis

A very uncommon instance of facial nerve palsy involving isolated temporal bone with associated uncontrolled diabetes mellitus has been noticed. A 53-year-old diabetic male presented himself with facial asymmetry, ear pain, and discharge in the right ear of one-month duration. Clinical examination revealed grade IV [House-Brackmann] right sided facial palsy, and otoscopy of small central perfor...