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Bilateral facial palsy associated with Stevens-Johnson syndrome

Department of Neurology, Harlem Hospital Center and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.

A 22-year-old man developed acute bilateral peripheral facial paralysis in association with Stevens-Johnson syndrome, probably as a result of ampicillin allergy. All symptoms cleared except the facial paralysis. He is the first patient in whom acute facial palsy and Stevens-Johnson syndrome have occurred simultaneously.

Address correspondence to Dr. Brust, Harlem Hospital Center, 506 Lenox Avenue, New York, NY 10037.

Accepted for publication February 22, 1979.

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