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Facial palsy as a presenting feature of coarctation of aorta

^a Department of Paediatrics, George Eliot Hospital, College Street, Nuneaton CV10 7 DJ, UK
^b Department of Paediatrics, Walsgrave Hospital, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry CV2 2DX, UK
^c Department of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steel House Lane, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK
^d Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steel House Lane, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK

^* Corresponding author. Specialist Registrar, Sandwell General Hospital, Lyndon, West Bromwich, Birmingham B71 4HJ, UK. Tel.: +44-121-5531831; fax: +44-121-6073596
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We report the unusual presentation of coarctation of the aorta with facial nerve palsy in an infant and a child. The facial nerve palsy and hypertension resolved spontaneously after relief of the aortic coarctation. Our two cases are the first reports of unidentified coarctation of the aorta presenting as facial nerve palsy, with the infant being the youngest to be reported.

Key Words: Coarctation; Facial palsy; Hypertension