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Facial palsy

🩺 HPO Source

HPO ID

HPO Label

Facial palsy

HPO Definition

Facial nerve palsy is a dysfunction of cranial nerve VII (the facial nerve) that results in inability to control facial muscles on the affected side with weakness of the muscles of facial expression and eye closure. This can either be present in unilateral or bilateral form.

HPO Curator Comment

Several conditions can cause a facial paralysis, e.g. brain tumor, stroke, and Lyme disease. However, if no specific cause can be identified, the condition is known as Bell's palsy. Named after Scottish anatomist Charles Bell, who first described it. Bell's palsy is the most common acute mononeuropathy (disease involving only one nerve) and is the most common cause of acute facial nerve paralysis.

🔤 Synonyms (8)

Synonyms

Bell's palsyCranial nerve VII palsyFacial muscle weakness of muscles innervated by CN VIIFacial nerve palsyFacial nerve paralysisFacial palsy, unilateral or bilateralSeventh cranial nerve palsyVII th cranial nerve palsy

🔗 Cross-References (5)

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🔼 Broader Terms (4)

HP:0001324Muscle weakness

HP:0006824Cranial nerve paralysis

HP:0010827Abnormal seventh cranial physiology

HP:0030319Weakness of facial musculature

🏥 Conditions where Facial palsy appears

40 · bridged via HPO ↔ OMIM

syndrome OMIM 161800

Actin-Accumulation Myopathy

syndrome OMIM 615873

Adnp-Related Multiple Congenital Anomalies, Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder

freq: 1/10 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 259700

Albers-Schonberg Disease, Autosomal Recessive

syndrome OMIM 301830

Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, Distal, X-Linked

syndrome OMIM 607483

Basal Ganglia Disease, Biotin-Responsive

freq: 3/10 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 113620

Branchio-Oculo-Facial Syndrome

freq: 1/6 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 113650

Branchio-Oto-Renal Syndrome

syndrome OMIM 113650

Branchiootorenal Syndrome 1

syndrome OMIM 211530

Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere Syndrome 1

freq: 2/9 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 614707

Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere Syndrome 2

syndrome OMIM 118210

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Axonal, Type 2A1

freq: 1/2 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 607684

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Axonal, Type 2E (Disorder)

freq: HP:0040283 ev: TAS

syndrome OMIM 601382

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type 4B1

syndrome OMIM 601596

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type 4C

syndrome OMIM 214800

Charge Syndrome

freq: 5/19 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 272430

Cold-Induced Sweating Syndrome 1

disease OMIM 255310

Congenital Fiber Type Disproportion

syndrome OMIM 123000

Craniometaphyseal Dysplasia, Autosomal Dominant

freq: 4/5 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 218400

Craniometaphyseal Dysplasia, Autosomal Recessive Type

syndrome OMIM 272430

Crisponi Syndrome

syndrome OMIM 160500

Distal Myopathy 1

syndrome OMIM 607323

Duane Retraction Syndrome, Type 3

syndrome OMIM 128100

Dystonia 1, Torsion, Autosomal Dominant

freq: 1/1 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 128100

Early Onset Torsion Dystonia

freq: 1/1 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 602771

Eichsfeld Type Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

freq: 15/17 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 617732

Facial Palsy, Congenital, With Ptosis And Velopharyngeal Dysfunction

freq: 11/12 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 614744

Facial Paresis, Hereditary Congenital, 3

freq: 3/3 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 604185

Facial Paresis, Hereditary, Congenital

syndrome OMIM 158900

Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy 1A

syndrome OMIM 158901

Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy 1B

freq: 3/33 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 616435

Fanconi Anemia, Complementation Group T

freq: 1/2 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 600638

Fibrosis of Extraocular Muscles, Congenital, 3A, With Or Without Extraocular Involvement

freq: 3/8 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 256850

Giant Axonal Neuropathy 1

phenotype OMIM 144755

Hyperostosis Cranialis Interna

freq: 9/13 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 606407

Hypotonia-Cystinuria Syndrome

syndrome OMIM 167320

Inclusion Body Myopathy With Early-Onset Paget Disease And Frontotemporal Dementia

freq: HP:0040283 ev: TAS

syndrome OMIM 167320

Inclusion Body Myopathy With Early-Onset Paget Disease With Or Without Frontotemporal Dementia 1

freq: HP:0040283 ev: TAS

syndrome OMIM 159950

Jankovic Rivera Syndrome

freq: 3/6 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 608804

Leukodystrophy, Hypomyelinating, 2

freq: 5/5 ev: PCS

syndrome OMIM 253600

Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2A

freq: HP:0040283 ev: TAS