Interesting Case Report of Facial Palsy

Abstract

This report is of a case presented as Bell's palsy which on further investigations turned out to be a rare cause of facial paralysis i.e lower pontine infarct. The lesion must be of appropriate size at nuclear level to produce isolated facial nerve palsy. But sometimes pontine infarct presenting as lone facial palsy which is very rare should also be taken into consideration and MRI study is a must so that we may not miss the possible rarity.