PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - L J Vanopdenbosch
AU  - K Verhoeven
AU  - J W Casselman
TI  - Bell’s palsy with ipsilateral numbness
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.2004.043059
DP  - 2005 Jul 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 1017--1018
VI  - 76
IP  - 7
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/76/7/1017.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/76/7/1017.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry2005 Jul 01; 76
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.