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Acute suppurative parotitis and facial paralysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Y. T. Pang  and
C. H. Raine
Y. T. Pang*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford BD9 6RJ, West Yorkshire, UK
C. H. Raine
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford BD9 6RJ, West Yorkshire, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Y. T. Pang, F.R.C.S.Ed., F.R.C.S.(Glas.), 201 Beechwood House, Melville Grove, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7AG. Fax: (44) 0191-213 1968
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Abstract

A case of facial nerve paralysis secondary to acute suppurative parotitis is described. This is a rare complication in the absence of malignant processes in the parotid.

Keywords

Facial paralysisParotitisacute
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 91 - 92
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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