Causes of Facial Paralysis

Facial paralysis can have many causes including:

• After-effects of surgery
• Bell’s Palsy (including incomplete recovery)
• Brain tumor or its treatment
• Congenital unilateral lower lip palsy (CULLP)
• Ear infections or disease
• Facial nerve tumors
  • Blepharospasm
  • Acoustic neuromas (vestibular schwannomas)
• Facial synkinesis and hemifacial spasms
• Head and neck cancers, including of the parotid gland
• Lyme disease or Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
• Moebius Syndrome
• Neurofibromatosis
• Stroke
• Trauma
• Vascular malformations