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Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volume  8, Issue 3, July-September 2022, Pages 96-99
 

Case Report

A Rare Case of a Patient of Multiple Sclerosis Associated with Facial Pals

Uzma Khanam1 , K Datta2 , Mridu Bhaskar3

1 MEM Resident, 2 Associate Director and HOD, 3 Resident Doctor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi 110088, India

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.8322.9

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease characterized by axonal degeneration and  demyelination of the central nervous system Isolated facial nerve palsy is commonly seen with Bell's palsy. However, it can be associated with a central lesion  at the level of the ipsilateral facial nucleus or the facial nerve at the pons. Isolated cranial neuropathies are rarely  seen with multiple sclerosis. Isolated facial nerve palsy due to multiple sclerosis is a rare scenario and can often get  misdiagnosed and treated as Bell's palsy. The patient being reported is a 30-year-old female who developed isolated facial nerve palsy, which was initially  treated as Bell's palsy. However, she was found to be knowncase of multiple sclerosis.


Corresponding Author : K. Datta,