Article: Facial paralysis caused by malignant skull base neoplasms. (Special Feature).

This article has been published previously in Neurosurgical Focus: Marzo SJ, Leonetti JP, Petruzzelli G. Facial paralysis caused by malignant skull base neoplasms. Neurosurgical Focus 2002, Article 2;12(5) (http://www.neurosurgery.org/focus/may02/12-5-nsf-toc.html).

Object. Bell palsy remains the most common cause of facial paralysis. Unfortunately, this term is often erroneously applied to all cases of facial paralysis.

Methods. The authors performed a retrospective review of data obtained in 11 patients who were treated at a university-based referral practice between July 1988 and September 2001 and who presented with acute facial nerve paralysis ...

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