Facial diplegia

Arch Otolaryngol. 1976 May;102(5):311-2. doi: 10.1001/archotol.1976.00780100097015.

Abstract

Sudden facial diplegia or recurrent facial palsy is a rare occurrence, and may be the only symptom indicative of a systemic illness. Two patients had this condition in the absence of Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antibodies, Heterophile / analysis
  • Antibodies, Viral / analysis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Facial Paralysis / diagnosis*
  • Facial Paralysis / microbiology
  • Female
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human / immunology
  • Humans
  • Infectious Mononucleosis / diagnosis

Substances

  • Antibodies, Heterophile
  • Antibodies, Viral