RECURRENT BILATERAL BELL’S PALSY- A RARE CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE A CASE REPORT.

Abstract

Bell's palsy is a benign lower motor neuron facial nerve disorder. Recurrent unilateral Bell's palsy is found in about 7% of the facial palsy cases. Alternating bilateral recurrent Bell's palsy is relatively uncommon. A review of recent medical literature revealed very few case reports of bilateral recurrent Bell's palsy, with none found in Asian neurology medical literature. We report a case of recurrent alternating bilateral Bell's palsy (3 episodes) in a male patient aged 34 years , was treated conservatively and recovered completely. He is symptom free on follow up till date. We present this case because of its rarity.