Facial nerve paralysis as the first manifestation of tetanus in a 4-year-old girl.

ABSTRACT

We report a case of a 4-year-old girl who developed right sided facial palsy following injury to forehead. Two days later, she developed trismus which gradually progressed to generalized tetanus. A literature search shows that this child is the first to present with facial palsy as the initial manifestation of tetanus in Indian literature.