Open AccessHead injury with sudden onset bilateral facial palsy – Can happen without temporal bone fractures and brain injury!
Author(s) -
Santosh Kumar Swain,
Ishwar Chandra Behera,
Mahesh Chandra Sahu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
egyptian journal of ear nose throat and allied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.108
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2090-3405
pISSN - 2090-0740
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejenta.2015.11.002
Subject(s) - medicine , palsy , temporal bone , head trauma , surgery , radiological weapon , facial bone , facial nerve , facial nerve palsy , pathology , alternative medicine
Bilateral sudden facial nerve palsy is an extremely rare clinical entity and in most instances is idiopathic. Post traumatic sudden onset bilateral facial palsy is even rarer and unique which makes a challenging situation for understanding the etiopathology and patient management. We report a case of a 22year old boy who presented with sudden onset bilateral facial palsy after mild head injury where the radiological findings of the brain and temporal bone are normal. He was managed by administrating steroids and he was symptom free by 2months. This case is unique to our knowledge, post traumatic bilateral facial palsy with normal radiological findings are rarely reported in medical literature