Skip to main content
. 2008 Mar 27;265(7):743–752. doi: 10.1007/s00405-008-0646-4

Table 2.

Causes of bilateral facial nerve palsy [93]

Diabetes
Bilateral Bell’s palsy
Borreliosis
Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection
Guillain–Barre syndrome, Miller–Fisher syndrome
Sarcoidosis
Moebius syndrome
Leukemia
Viral infections (Herpes simplex)
Syphilis
Basal skull fractures
Pontine gliomas
Linezolid therapy
Leprosy
Mononucleosis
Pregnancy
Brainstem encephalitis
Hansen’s disease
Cryptococcal meningitis
Pontine tegmental hemorrhaghe
Systemic lupus erythematodes
Bulbospinal muscular atrophy