facial paralysis
Findings
No curated finding names facial paralysis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Severe or complete loss of facial muscle motor function. This condition may result from central or peripheral lesions. Damage to CNS motor pathways from the cerebral cortex to the facial nuclei in the pons leads to facial weakness that generally spares the forehead muscles. facial nerve diseases generally results in generalized hemifacial weakness. neuromuscular junction diseases and muscular diseases may also cause facial paralysis or paresis.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001835), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
1 feature
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, hp/releases/2026-09-01.
- Facial hypotoniaMondoHP:0000297
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (2)
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: facial paralysis
- Also called
- face palsypalsy of face