DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF FACIAL PARALYSIS
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
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
Granulomatous diseases
Leptospirosis
Mobius syndrome
Godenhar’s syndrome
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Alcoholic neuropathy
Toxins
Carbon monoxide
Lead poisoning
Thalidomide
Vasculitis
Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
Polyarteritis nodosa
Stevens-Johnson syndrome