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Misdiagnosis of Bell's palsy: Case series and literature review.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Incidence of Underlying Abnormal Findings on Routine Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Bell Palsy.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
- Procedural-Based Contemporary Management of Bell's Palsy Long-Term Sequelae: A Narrative Review.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Review
- Bell Palsy Mimics: Lessons from Four Malpractice Cases.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm after Bell's palsy: a retrospective clinical study.Neurosurgical review · 2024Article
- The Rate of Occult Lesion Diagnosis in a Large Bell's Palsy Cohort.The Laryngoscope · 2024Article
- Multiple cranial neuropathy due to varicella zoster virus reactivation without vesicular rash: a challenging diagnosis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2023Article
- Bell's palsy or an aggressive infiltrating basaloid carcinoma post-mRNA vaccination for COVID-19? A case report and review of the literature.EXCLI journal · 2023Article
- Diagnostic Error in Neuro-ophthalmology: Avenues to Improve.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2022Review
- When paediatric facial nerve paralysis is not a Bell's palsy: A case of cerebellopontine angle tumour.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2022Article
- Research progress on Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome.Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2021Review
- Misdiagnosis of Bell's palsy: Case series and literature review.Clinical case reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
Although Bell's palsy is a common etiology for isolated facial paralysis, it is important clinicians perform a complete neurologic examination to avoid misdiagnosis. Multiple cranial neuropathy is often caused by tumor or infection.
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