ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2018
Childhood peripheral facial palsy.
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- A case of facial nerve palsy in a pediatric patient associated with Covid-19.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Acupuncture treatment of a pregnant patient with Bell's palsy in the third trimester: Case report.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- The etiology of Bell's palsy: a review.Journal of neurology · 2020Review
- Infectious causes of peripheral facial nerve palsy in children-a retrospective cohort study with long-term follow-up.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2019Article
- Infant Facial Paralysis Associated with Epstein-Barr Virus Infection.The American journal of case reports · 2019Article
- Reply to "Childhood Peripheral Facial Palsy".Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2018Article
- "Childhood peripheral facial palsy".Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2018Article
- A Case of Idiopathic Acquired Neonatal Bell's Palsy.Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reportsArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe objectives of this study were to evaluate the demographic and clinical characteristics, causes, treatment patterns, outcome, and recurrence of childhood peripheral facial palsy.
methodsWe performed a retrospective study of 144 peripheral facial palsy patients, under 18 years old in a tertiary care pediatric hospital. Medical charts were reviewed to analyze the age, gender, side of facial nerve paralysis, family history, cause, grading by the House-Brackmann Facial Nerve Grading Scale (HBS), results of diagnostic tests, therapies, outcomes, and recurrence.
resultsCauses were as follows: 115 idiopathic (Bell's palsy) facial palsy (79.9%), 17 infections (11.8%) (9 otitis media, 4 varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection, 3 tooth abscess, and 1 group A β-hemolytic streptococcus infection), 7 trauma (4.9%), 4 congenital-syndrome (2.8%), and 1 (0.7%) arterial hypertension. There was no difference in age, sex, family history, grading, or outcome between idiopathic and cause-defined facial palsy. At the end of the first year, our recovery rates were 98.3%. No significant difference in recovery outcome was detected between the patients who were treated with and without steroid treatment. Thirteen (9%) patients had recurrent attacks, and no differences in the outcomes of patients with recurrent facial palsy were observed. Recurrence time ranged from 6 months to 6 years.
conclusionThe results of this study indicate that both Bell's palsy and cause-defined facial palsy in children have a very good prognosis. Medical treatment based on corticosteroids is not certainly effective in improving outcomes in children. Recurrent attacks occurred in 6 years from the onset which leads to the conclusion that we should have a long-term follow-up of patients diagnosed with Bell's palsy.
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