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Pediatric bilateral facial nerve palsy secondary to acute otitis media
Kentaro Ochi1, Yasuhiro Miyamoto, Toru Ohashi
1Department of Otolaryngology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine 2-16-1, Sugao, Miyamae-ku, 216-8511, Kawasaki City, Japan. k2ochi@marianna-u.ac.jp
Auris, Nasus, Larynx
|January 25, 2003
Abstract:
Bilateral facial palsy after the onset of acute otitis media is presented in a 19-month-old patient. Facial nerve palsy disappeared gradually after myringotomy. The mechanisms underlying the facial nerve palsy with otitis media are discussed.