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Created page with "'''Facial nerve palsy''' is a peripheral lesion of the facial nerve. In the cases where this lesion is idiopathic, the condition is called '''Bell’s palsy'''. ==Etiology== *Idiopathic (= Bell’s palsy) *Infection **VZV (herpes zoster oticus/Ramsay Hunt syndrome) **Lyme disease *Trauma (involving pyramidal bone) *Parotid tumour *Brainstem stroke (involving facial nucleus) Bell’s palsy is caused by idiopathic inflammation of CN VII in the facial canal...."