facial weakness causes
| Causes of facial weakness |
| Neurological Stroke (upper motor neuron palsy) Guillain–Barré syndrome Multiple sclerosis Otologic Acute or chronic otitis media Malignant/necrotising otitis externa Cholesteatoma Schwannoma Infectious Herpes zoster virus Mumps Rubella Epstein–Barr virus Inflammatory Sarcoidosis Neoplastic Cerebral tumour Cutaneous cancer of the face and neck Parotid tumour Metastatic tumour Lymphoma Idiopathic Bell’s palsy Trauma Temporal bone fracture Surgical intervention with subsequent damage to the facial nerve |