INFANTILE CORTICAL HYPEROSTOSIS AND FACIAL-NERVE PALSY

Facial nerve palsy was diagnosed in a 13-month-old child with infantil e cortical hyperostosis. Facial palsy preceded the roentgenographic ev idence of mandibular hyperostosis but there was concurrent evidence of hyperostosis of multiple other bones. This case exemplifies the impor tance of maintaining a high index of suspicion for infantile cortical hyperostosis in infants and children presenting with facial swelling a nd facial nerve palsy. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All nigh ts reserved.