Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2009; 20(2):235-238

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.2009.20.2.235

증례

동시에 양측성으로 발생한 벨마비 1예

박동욱¹, 차흥억¹, 이주형¹^,^*

Bilateral Simultaneous Bell’s Palsy: Report of a Case

Dong Uk Park¹, Heung Eok Cha¹, Ju Hyoung Lee¹^,^*

¹가천의과학대학 길병원 이비인후-두경부외과학교실

¹Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University of Medicine & Science, Incheon, Korea

^*교신저자: 이주형, 405-760 인천광역시 남동구 구월동 1198 가천의과학대학 길병원 이비인후-두경부외과학교실 전화: (032) 460-3763·전송: (032) 467-9044 E-mail: Febent@gil.com

© Copyright 2009 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Jul 02, 2009; Revised: Jul 17, 2009; Accepted: Aug 10, 2009

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Bilateral simultaneous facial palsy is defined a facial paralysis involving both sides of the face within 4 weeks. It is an extremely rare disease with an annual incidence of about 1 per 5 million people, and it is less than 1% as frequent as the unilateral form. In contrast to unilateral facial palsy, the causes of bilateral facial palsy include a variety of systemic diseases including neurological, infectious, metabolic, vascular, neoplastic and degenerative disorders. Since these systemic diseases are life threatening, it is important to establish early and definite diagnoses. When the definitive cause of facial palsy is not found with careful history taking and comprehensive examinations, it is diagnosed as Bell’s palsy. We report herein a case of bilateral simultaneous Bell’s palsy that showed a good prognosis. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2009;20:235-238)

Keywords: 양측성; 벨마비; 안면마비; 양측성 벨마비

Keywords: Bilateral; Bell’s palsy; Facial palsy; Bilateral facial palsy