DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF FACIAL PARALYSIS

Bell’s palsy

     Viral infections

          Coxsackie virus

          Cytomegalovirus

          Encephalitis

          Epstein-Barr virus

          Herpes viruses

          HIV

          Influenza

          Varicella

Bacterial infection

     Botulism

     Tetanus

     Brucellosis

     Typhoid fever (Salmonella typhi)

     Leptospirosis

     Diptheria

     Malaria

     Meningitis

     Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)

Acute otitis media

Chronic otitis media

Malignant otitis externa

Mastoiditis

Neoplasm

     Acoustic neuroma

     Cerebellopontine tumors

     Salivary gland tumors

     Carcinoma

     Cholesteatoma

     Cholesterol granuloma

     Facial neuroma

     Fibrous dysplasia

      Leukemia

     Meningioma

     Neurofibromatosis

     Parotid tumor

Abscess

Vascular abnormalities

     Infarction

     Compression

Trauma

Cerebrovascular accident (stroke)

Guillain-Barre syndrome

Amyloidosis

Diabetes mellitus

Hyperthyroidism

Granulomatous diseases

     Sarcoidosis

     Leptospirosis

     Syphilis

     Tuberculosis

Mobius syndrome

Godenhar’s syndrome

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Alcoholic neuropathy

Toxins

     Carbon monoxide

     Lead poisoning

     Thalidomide

Vasculitis

     Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome

     Polyarteritis nodosa

     Sjogren’s syndrome

     Stevens-Johnson syndrome

     Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

     Wegener’s granulomatosis