Vol.96 No.4 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 96 No. 4 April 2003
Bilateral Facial Nerve Palsy due to Adult
T cell Leukemia/Lymphoma
Shin-ichiro Kitajiri and Tsuyoshi Endo
(Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Rakusai Shimizu Hospital)
Chihisa Ushijima and Hiroki Watanabe
(Social Insurance Kyoto Hospital)
Haruo Saito
(Rakusai Shimizu Hospital)
We report a case of bilateral facial nerve palsy caused by adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL). A 51-year-old female consulted our department because of right facial palsy. Steroid therapy was performed, and her right facial palsy was recovered. However, sixteen days after the onset of right facial palsy, left facial palsy developed. She was diagnosed as having ATLL based on blood examination. Chemotherapy was performed but the patient died two months later.
Key words :facial nerve palsy, bilateral, adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL)