Nursing-Western Nebraska Division

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Bell's palsy: a facial nerve paralysis diagnosis of exclusion.

M.F. Yetter; F.P. Ogren; G.F. Moore; A.J. Yonkers (Profiled Authors: Gary Floyd Moore; Anthony James Yonkers)

The Nebraska medical journal 1990;75(5):109-116.

Bell's Palsy is not synonymous with facial nerve paralysis. While it is a common cause of facial nerve paralysis, it is a diagnosis of exclusion and other causes of facial nerve paralysis should be ruled out by appropriate evaluation and follow-up. A case report is presented of a patient with a facial nerve paralysis, which was initially diagnosed as Bell's Palsy, but which was found to be a poorly differentiated parotid malignancy causing facial nerve paralysis. A review and discussion of Bells Palsy, evaluation and treatment is presented.

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