Facial neuritis palsy

Description:MRI showed contrast enhancement of the facial nerve. We review the literature describing facial neuropathy after trauma and facial nerve enhancement patterns with different causes of facial neuropathy. Bell's palsy, enhancement, facial nerve, idiopathic, MRI, paralysis, trauma Idiopathic facial neuropathy, eponymously named Bell's palsy, was first described by Charles Bell in , and is the most common syndrome of acute onset isolated unilateral facial weakness [ 1 ]. The eponym Bell's palsy is specific to idiopathic cases, although the eponym is frequently erroneously used for facial neuropathy from known causes as well [ 3 ]. The highest incidence of Bell's palsy is seen in individuals between 15 and 45 years old [ 4 ], followed by persons above 70 years of age and then individuals below 10 years of age [ 5 ]. Although Bell's palsy affects men and women equally, there is a higher incidence seen in pregnant women [ 4 ].

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