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Examples of flaccidity and hypertonicity in facial paralysis. Both patients demonstrate left facial paralysis. A. The flaccid state. Note pan-facial ptosis and a widened palpebral fissure. B. The hypertonic state. Note pan-facial contracture and a narrowed palpebral fissure.
