Human Phenotype Ontology

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Preferred Name

Facial palsy
Synonyms

Facial muscle weakness of muscles innervated by CN VII

VII th cranial nerve palsy

Cranial nerve VII palsy

Facial nerve paralysis

Bell's palsy

Seventh cranial nerve palsy

Facial palsy, unilateral or bilateral

Facial nerve palsy

Definitions

Facial nerve palsy is a dysfunction of cranial nerve VII (the facial nerve) that results in inability to control facial muscles on the affected side with weakness of the muscles of facial expression and eye closure. This can either be present in unilateral or bilateral form. Several conditions can cause a facial paralysis, e.g. brain tumor, stroke, and Lyme disease. However, if no specific cause can be identified, the condition is known as Bell's palsy. Named after Scottish anatomist Charles Bell, who first described it. Bell's palsy is the most common acute mononeuropathy (disease involving only one nerve) and is the most common cause of acute facial nerve paralysis.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0010628

comment

Several conditions can cause a facial paralysis, e.g. brain tumor, stroke, and Lyme disease. However, if no specific cause can be identified, the condition is known as Bell's palsy. Named after Scottish anatomist Charles Bell, who first described it. Bell's palsy is the most common acute mononeuropathy (disease involving only one nerve) and is the most common cause of acute facial nerve paralysis.

creation_date

2009-12-06T05:08:30Z

database_cross_reference

UMLS:C0427055

UMLS:C1858719

UMLS:C0376175

SNOMEDCT_US:95666008

SNOMEDCT_US:193093009

definition

Facial nerve palsy is a dysfunction of cranial nerve VII (the facial nerve) that results in inability to control facial muscles on the affected side with weakness of the muscles of facial expression and eye closure. This can either be present in unilateral or bilateral form.

has_alternative_id

HP:0002008

HP:0004670

HP:0200004

HP:0002259

HP:0000353

HP:0000302

HP:0007212

HP:0000296

HP:0000344

HP:0002517

has_exact_synonym

VII th cranial nerve palsy

Cranial nerve VII palsy

Facial nerve paralysis

Bell's palsy

Seventh cranial nerve palsy

Facial palsy, unilateral or bilateral

Facial nerve palsy

has_obo_namespace

human_phenotype

has_related_synonym

Facial muscle weakness of muscles innervated by CN VII

id

HP:0010628

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/hp.obo#hposlim_core

label

Facial palsy

notation

HP:0010628

prefLabel

Facial palsy

terms_creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001324

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0030319

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0006824

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0010827

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001324

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0030319

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0006824

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0010827

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