Bell's palsy as a possible complication of hepatitis B vaccination in A child

Abstract

Bell's Palsy is the sudden onset of unilateral temporary paralysis of facial muscles resulting from seventh cranial nerve dysfunction. Presented here is a two-year old female patient with right peripheral facial palsy following hepatitis B vaccination. Readers' attention is drawn to an uncommon cause of Bell's Palsy, as a rare complication of hepatitis B vaccination. © International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.