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 |