Table 1.
Reported Bell's palsy mimics
| Case | Year | Author | Age | Sex | Laterality | Nerve | Diagnosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1972 | May 18 | 58 | M | R | 7 | Basal cell carcinoma |
| 2 | 1992 | Blevins 19 | 59 | F | L | 7 | Pleomorphic adenoma |
| 3 | 1996 | Freije 15 | 71 | M | R | 7 | Parotid adenocarcinoma |
| 4 | 1999 | Brach 20 | 36 | M | R | 5, 7 | Adenoid cystic carcinoma |
| 5 | 2006 | Reid 39 | 6 | F | R | 7, 12 | Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| 6 | 2006 | Rafii 40 | 44 | F | R,L | 7 | Neurosarcoidosis |
| 7 | 2006 | Jain 41 | 34 | F | L | 7 | Neurosarcoidosis |
| 8 | 2007 | Lee 9 | 28 | F | L | 7 | Inflammatory pseudotumor |
| 9 | 2008 | Narayanan 10 | 35 | F | B | 7 | Guillain‐Barre syndrome |
| 10 | 2008 | Orhan 21 | 45 | F | L | 7 | Parotid Abscess |
| 11 | 2009 | Kaushal 42 | 19 | M | R | 7 | Aseptic Meningitis |
| 12 | 2011 | Agarwal 16 | 47 | M | L | 7 | Dorsal pontine infarct |
| 13 | 2011 | Ivankovic 11 | 35 | F | R | 7 | Multiple Sclerosis |
| 14 | 2012 | Hadano 43 | 85 | F | R | 7 | Septic emboli |
| 15 | 2013 | Greenberg 44 | 52 | M | R,L | 3, 5, 7, 11 | Neuroborreliosis |
| 16 | 2013 | Ozkale 17 | <1 | F | R | 7 | Germ cell tumor |
| 17 | 2014 | Hiraumi 12 | 76 | M | L | 7 | Primary CNS lymphoma |
| 18 | 2014 | Hiraumi 12 | 60 | F | R | 7 | Small cell lung cancer |
| 19 | 2016 | Villeneuve 45 | 79 | F | L | 7 | Breast cancer metastasis |
| 20 | 2017 | Zheng 46 | 53 | M | L | 7 | Ramsay‐Hunt syndrome |
| 21 | 2017 | Nishiguchi 47 | 54 | M | L | 7 | Guillain‐Barre syndrome |
| 22 | 2017 | Mok 48 | 73 | M | R | 7 | Invasive aspergillus |
| 23 | 2018 | Karadan 49 | 46 | M | L | 7 | Pontine hemorrhage |
| 24 | 2018 | Torrealab‐Acosta 13 | 67 | M | L | 7 | Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia |
| 25 | 2019 | Torres 14 | 21 | M | R,L | 5, 6, 7 | Polyneuritis cranialis |