Which of the following structures are associated with Bell's palsy?
High-Yield Explanation
Bell's Palsy (Seventh Nerve Paralysis, Facial Paralysis)
Bell's palsy is one of the most common neurologic disorders affecting the cranial nerves. It is an abrupt, isolated, unilateral, peripheral facial nerve paralysis without detectable causes. It is a disturbance of Seventh Cranial Nerve.
Recurrent attacks of facial paralysis identical with bell's palsy, non-pitting, non-inflammatory painless edema of face, cheilitis granulomatosa, and fissured tongue or lingua plicata are features of Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome.
Reference: Shafer’s Textbook of ORAL PATHOLOGY Eighth Edition page no 576