Abstrakt

Post Traumatic Delayed Bilateral simultaneous symmetrical facial palsy-A rare presentation

Muthukumar R, Raghukumaran S

Bilateral simultaneous facial palsy is an extremely rare clinical entity with Bell’s palsy responsible for more than 20% of cases. where facial palsy follows head injury after many days,the mechanism is not clear and there has been no detailed study on this condition. We present a representative case of post traumatic bilateral simultaneous symmetrical facial palsy and discuss the causes of the same as they relate to this particular case