INTRODUCTION Facial paralysis is common following accidents, trauma, viral infection or tumors. CASE PRESENTATION A 24-year-old male patient was referred to us with a history of sharp penetrating trauma to the right temporal region causing unilateral paralysis of the muscles of the right forehead. He was unable to scowl or elevate his right eyebrow and there were no folds on his right forehea...

Peripheral facial paralysis refers to caused by pathological changes in the motor fibers of nerve, which is a kind neural deficiency symptom nerve damage leading muscle paralysis. The clinical manifestations are enlarged palpebral fissure, shallower nasolabial folds, drooping mouth corner, drooling, and inability smoothly perform actions such as frowning, closing eyes, whistling. Untimely treat...

Bell’s palsy is the common name for inflammation of cranial nerve VII. The peculiar geniculate ganglion idiopathic and causes hemifacial paralysis. Patients who suffer from this paralysis may have their symptoms dissipate between 3 weeks months. For certain patients whose facial persist, botulinum toxin type- A might be an efficient treatment. Depending on severity muscular palsy, different tre...

Despite considerable advances in technique, experience and skill, the precise place of surgery in the treatment of facial nerve injury remains uncertain. The mechanism of delayed facial palsy is not yet clear, and there is still debate about the value of tests for early evidence of denervation. Recent literature has been reviewed.

Bilateral traumatic facial paralysis is a very rare clinical condition. Loss of taste sensation, associated with bilateral traumatic paralysis, is even rarer and has not been well described in the literature. In this report, a 23-year old male, who developed bilateral facial paralysis with loss of taste sensation and hearing impairment, following a motor vehicle accident, is presented. He had i...

IMPORTANCE Assessment of outcomes in patients with facial paralysis is challenging owing to the lack of objective tools to evaluate facial function and suboptimal data collection. OBJECTIVE To describe a methodology for prospective evaluation of patients with facial paralysis that permits optimal assessment of clinical outcomes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS At the Massachusetts Eye and...

We report a 39-year-old female admitted for fever. She showed physical findings of bilateral granulomatous uveitis, swelling of the bilateral parotid glands, and paralysis of the left second branch of the trigeminal nerve. Her chest X-ray showed evidence of bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy. We performed biopsy of her parotid gland, and leading to a diagnosis of noncaseating epithelioid granuloma...