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Recurrent lower motor neurone facial paralysis in four successive pregnancies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Babatunde A. Gbolade
Babatunde A. Gbolade*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn, Lanes, BB2 3HH.
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Dr B. A. Gbolade,108 Lily Hill Street, Whitefield, Manchester M45 7SG. Fax: 061-796-8002.
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Abstract

Recurrent lower motor neurone facial paralysis in successive pregnancies is a rare phenomenon of which there are few case reports in the literature. There have been two previous reports of recurrent Bell's palsy in two and three successive pregnancies respectively, but it is felt that these should have more appropriately been reported as recurrent lower motor neurone facial paralysis in pregnancy as, by definition, any facial paralysis that recurs should not be classified as Bell's palsy even though Bell himself commented on the association between facial paralysis and pregnancy. We report the first case of recurrent lower motor neurone facial paralysis in four successive pregnancies and review the literature.

Keywords

Facial paralysisPregnancy
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 7 , July 1994 , pp. 587 - 588
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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