Bilateral simultaneous facial paralysis - Differential diagnosis and treatment options. A case report and review of literature

Acta Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica Belgica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-146

  Gevers, G ^a   Lemkens, P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (Belgium)

^c DeptORLCapucijnenvoer 33   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bilateral facial nerve paralysis; Guillain Barr ; Herpes Zoster; Lyme Borreliosis; Neurosarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BANNWARTH SYNDROME; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYME DISEASE; MENINGITIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MYOCARDITIS; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SEROLOGY; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL INJURIES; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMANS; INFECTION; METABOLIC DISEASES; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0037643439     PISSN: 00016497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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