안면마비 발생 3주후 속발한 동측 전정신경염 1예

Abstract

Bell’s palsy, defined as an acute isolated peripheral seventh cranial nerve palsy of unknown etiology, can be accompanied by several symptoms of cranial polyneuropathy such as facial hypesthesia of cranial nerve V or IX, retroauricular pain, hearing impairment, vagal motor weakness, and dizziness. Though vestibular neuritis also can be developed after Bell’s palsy, the interval between the two diseases tends to be a few days. We are now to report an unusual case of a 33-year-old female who presented with ipsilateral vestibular neuritis, developed three weeks after the onset of Bell’s palsy with review of literatures.