Case Report
Bilateral Facial Paralysis Caused by Bilateral Temporal Bone Fracture: A Case Report and a Literature Review
Table 1
Bilateral facial paralysis depending on bilateral temporal bone fractures described in literature.
| | Author | Age | Gender | Occurrence | Start time of facial paralysis (date) | Concomitant cranial nerve deficit | Radiologic findings |
| | Chitkara et al. (2002) [7] | 20 | M | Car accident | Right: 2
Left: 2 | — | Right: petrous fracture
Left: petrous fracture |
| | Lee and Halcrow (2002) [8] | 29 | M | Motorbike accident | Right: 5
Left: immediate | — | Right: petrous fracture
Left: oblique petrous fracture |
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Li et al. (2004) [5] | 16 | M | Car accident | Right: 7
Left: 7 | — | Right: longitudinal petrous fracture
Left: transverse petrous fracture |
| | Ulug and Ulubil (2005) [9] | 26 | M | Motorbike accident | Right: immediate
Left: immediate | VI (right) | Right: longitudinal petrous fracture
Left: longitudinal petrous fracture |
| | Roth et al. (2007) [10] | 27 | M | Blunt trauma | Right: 9
Left: 9 | III (right, left) | Right: longitudinal petrous fracture
Left: transverse petrous fracture |
| | Saidha et al. (2010) [11] | 45 | M | Fall | Right: immediate
Left: immediate | — | Right: transverse petrous fracture
Left: transverse petrous fracture |
| | Undabeitia et al. (2013) [3] | 38 | M | Fall | Right: 4-5 days
Left: 4-5 days | — | Right: longitudinal petrous fracture
Left: transverse petrous fracture |
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