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Facial Palsy due to Parotid Abscess: An Unusual Complication
Mehtab Alam1, Syed Abrar Hasan1, Shahab Farkhund Hashmi1
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Aligarh Muslim University School of Medicine, Aligarh, India.
Abstract:
Facial nerve palsy is usually associated with a malignant parotid neoplasm; it is highly unusual for it to result from a benign situation, such as inflammation or infection of the parotid gland. Surgery along with prompt medical treatment is the mainstay, and in the majority of the patients, nerve paralysis recovers in the follow-up period. We report a case of a 50-year-old non-diabetic non-hypertensive female who presented with odynophagia, left-sided parotid swelling, and left facial nerve palsy. The diagnosis of facial nerve palsy due to a parotid abscess extending to the parapharyngeal space was made. Facial palsy fully recovered within 2 months.
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