TY - JOUR T1 - A patient with bilateral facial palsy associated with hypertension and chickenpox: learning points JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr.06.2010.3083 VL - 2010 SP - bcr0620103083 AU - Eslam Al-Abadi AU - David V Milford AU - Martin Smith Y1 - 2010/01/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2010/bcr.06.2010.3083.abstract N2 - Bilateral facial nerve paralysis is an uncommon presentation and even more so in children. There are reports of different causes of bilateral facial nerve palsy. It is well-established that hypertension and chickenpox causes unilateral facial paralysis and the importance of checking the blood pressure in children with facial nerve paralysis cannot be stressed enough. The authors report a boy with bilateral facial nerve paralysis in association with hypertension and having recently recovered from chickenpox. The authors review aspects of bilateral facial nerve paralysis as well as hypertension and chickenpox causing facial nerve paralysis. ER -