[Recurrent facial paralysis in a child with renovascular hypertension]

Hypertension is rarely observed in childhood. The renal diseases are the most common causes of this condition. Headache, seizures, cranial nerve palsy and hemiplegia are the most frequent neurological manifestations. The Authors report on a patient with a severe involvement of central nervous system due to renal hypertension. The main clinical features were recurrent episodes of facial nerve palsy.