Epidemic (rheumatic) facial nerve palsy

Abstract

Herzog, (Zeitschr für die gesamte N. und P. 119 Band. 1929), excluding cases of paralysis n. facialis, as a separate symptom in diseases of the middle ear, brain tumors or luese, as well as in cases of infection with herpes zoster, stops at the group of peripheral lesions n. facialis of an epidemic nature. The symptomatology of this form is characterized by a slight swelling of the skin of the face in front of and under the ear, a slight increase in the area of ​​the salivary glands, and a slight rise in temperature. In some cases, a. finds inflammation of the salivary glands of the mouth, especially gl. parotis, which is often the starting point of facial nerve disease. The author gives 4 cases of paralysis n. facialis observed by him in the same autumn month.

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