RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Bell’s palsy with ipsilateral numbness
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 1017
OP 1018
DO 10.1136/jnnp.2004.043059
VO 76
IS 7
A1 L J Vanopdenbosch
A1 K Verhoeven
A1 J W Casselman
YR 2005
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/76/7/1017.abstract
AB Bell’s palsy is an idiopathic facial palsy of the peripheral type. A herpes virus is the most likely mechanism. We report a patient with the often encountered combination of a facial palsy with ipsilateral sensory changes. Magnetic resonance imaging showed had contrast enhancement in the greater petrosal nerve. Viral spread through anatomical connections could be an explanation for the association of facial palsy with numbness.