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Leprosy

A chronic infectious disease affecting primarily the skin and peripheral nervous system.

Bilateral facial palsy

Two-sided or bilateral weakness of the muscles of facial expression and eye closure.

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PMID (PMCID)
20038902	MALE	Adult
	Oro-facial aspects of leprosy: report of two cases with literature review.
	Ghosh S, Gadda RB, Vengal M, Pai KM, Balachandran C, Rao R, Kudva R. Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2010;15(3):e459-62.
	The first report deals with granulomatous nodules in the palate while the second report presents bilateral facial palsy in leprosy patients.
12221544	FEMALE
	[Bilateral lagophthalmos in lepromatous leprosy. Case report].
	Toledano Fernandez N, Garcia Saez S, Arteaga Sanchez A, Diaz Valle D. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol. 2002;77(9):511-4.
	A case of bilateral facial palsy with paralytic ectropion, lagophthalmos and corneal damage secondary to corneal exposure in a long-standing patient with lepromatous leprosy is presented.