RECURRENT LOWER MOTOR-NEURON FACIAL PARALYSIS IN 4 SUCCESSIVE PREGNANCIES

Recurrent lower motor neurone facial paralysis in successive pregnanci es is a rare phenomenon of which there are few case reports in the lit erature. There have been two previous reports of recurrent Bell's pals y in two and three successive pregnancies respectively, but it is felt that these should have more appropriately been reported as recurrent lower motor neurone facial paralysis in pregnancy as, by definition, a ny facial paralysis that recurs should not be classified as Bell's pal sy even though Bell himself commented on the association between facia l paralysis and pregnancy. We report the first case of recurrent lower motor neurone facial paralysis in four successive pregnancies and rev iew the literature.