Abstract
We analysed 29 children diagnosed as having facial nerve paralysis at the Departments of Otorhinolaryngology or Pediatrics of Tokyo Medical University Hospital between January 2000 and December 2009. The most common cause was Bell’s palsy (18 cases). The other cases were Ramsey Hunt’s syndrome (5 cases), congenital (4 cases), traumatic (1 case) and otitis media (1 case). Only ten patients were able to undergo electroneurography (ENoG) and those children were all over six years old. The results of ENoG were from 12% to 62.2%. Even when the ENoG score was low, the clinical outcome was good. There was no relationship between the ENoG score and the prognosis in this study. All patients except those with congenital facial palsy were treated with steroids, and the palsy improved in all of them.
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