Episodic Facial Paresis-An Isolated Presenting Symptom of Multiple Sclerosis

Antonios N Varelas; Leah Dickstein; Danielle F Eytan

doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2022.4662

Episodic Facial Paresis-An Isolated Presenting Symptom of Multiple Sclerosis

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Apr 1;149(4):374-375. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2022.4662.

Authors

Antonios N Varelas¹, Leah Dickstein², Danielle F Eytan¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York.
² Department of Neurology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York.

PMID: 36757719
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2022.4662

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Plain language summary

This case report describes a case of a man in his 30s who presented with episodic right lower facial paresis for 10 days and was diagnosede with an episodic, transient pattern of unilateral facial palsy associated with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis.

MeSH terms

Facial Paralysis* / diagnosis
Facial Paralysis* / etiology
Humans
Multiple Sclerosis* / complications
Multiple Sclerosis* / diagnosis