Bilateral Post-Traumatic Facial Paralysis That Contains Longitudinal and Transverse Temporal Fracture

Acute bilateral post-traumatic facial paralysis is rare in the literature. Post-traumatic facial paralysis is frequently accompanied transverse fractures of temporal more. The incidence of acute bilateral post-traumatic facial paralysis has been reported as 1 to 5 per million in the literature. Trauma and concurrent facial paralysis are usually in the same subsite (right temporal bone fracture and right facial paralysis). There is one pathophysiological pattern for a single temporal bone fracture in a subsite. The authors present a bilateral isolated different pathophysiological pattern sudden onset facial paralysis in a patient herein. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Caner Şahin, MD, Ear Nose and Throat Department, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey; E-mail: drcaner2001@gmail.com Received 2 January, 2018 Accepted 9 February, 2018 The authors report no conflicts of interest. © 2018 by Mutaz B. Habal, MD.

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