BILATERAL SIMULTANEOUS LOWER MOTOR NEURON FACIAL NERVE PALSY DUE TO GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME

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Fiza Manzoor
Saeed Bin Ayaz
Naveed Anjum

Abstract

Bilateral facial nerve palsy (FNP) is a rare, diagnostically perplexing clinical presentation. While idiopathic Bell's palsy is the most frequent etiology of unilateral FNP, multiple etiologies have been implicated in facial diplegia including infectious, neurologic, neoplastic, traumatic or metabolic causes. We report here, a 64-years-old male, who presented with simultaneous bilateral FNP that was attributed to Guillain-Barre syndrome. He made a noticeable recovery after conservative management.

 

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Manzoor F, Ayaz SB, Anjum N. BILATERAL SIMULTANEOUS LOWER MOTOR NEURON FACIAL NERVE PALSY DUE TO GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2019 Mar. 21 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];33(1). Available from: https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/2382
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Author Biographies

Fiza Manzoor, Combined Military Hospital, Quetta, Baluchistan, Pakistan.

Internee Medicine

Saeed Bin Ayaz, Combined Military Hospital, Quetta, Baluchistan, Pakistan.

Head of the Department, Rehabilitation Medicine

Naveed Anjum, Combined Military Hospital, Quetta, Baluchistan, Pakistan.

Resident Internal Medicine