Recurrent or familial facial palsy. Apropos of 6 cases and review of the literature

About 5 cases of recurrent facial palsy (1 case of familial récurrent facial palsy) and 1 case of non récurrent familial facial palsy, this work analyse the recent knowledges about this subject. Frequency of recurrent palsy is about 10% of the non traumatic facial palsies. A classification is propos...

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Published inAnnales d'oto-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale Vol. 112; no. 8; p. 374
Main Authors Benlyazid, A, Bassereau, G, Heitzmann, P, Foucault, N
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 1995
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Facial Paralysis - classification
Facial Paralysis - etiology
Facial Paralysis - genetics
Female
Humans
Male
Prognosis
Recurrence
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Summary:About 5 cases of recurrent facial palsy (1 case of familial récurrent facial palsy) and 1 case of non récurrent familial facial palsy, this work analyse the recent knowledges about this subject. Frequency of recurrent palsy is about 10% of the non traumatic facial palsies. A classification is proposed. The prognostic of a recurrence appears similar to the first palsy. Transmission of familial facial palsy seems autosomic dominant or multifactorial. Among the etiology, some like the alternobaric facial paralysis or Melkerson-Rosenthal syndrome could require special preventive or specific therapy.
ISSN:0003-438X