Is There a Relationship Between Bell’s Palsy and White Matter Lesions?

21 March 2023: Clinical Research

Nurcan Yurtsever Kum ^1ABCDEF* , Hatice Gul Hatipoglu Cetin ^2ABCE

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.939723

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939723

Table 2 Comparisons of cerebral white matter lesions within the Bell’s palsy group according to House-Brackmann grade.

House-Brackmann grade	G 2 (n=5)	G 3 (n=7)	G 4 (n=15)	G 5 (n=15)	G 6 (n=9)	aP	bP

PVWM Score
Mean±SD	0.20±0.44	0.57±0.53	0.46±0.51	0.86±0.63	0.77±0.44	0.123
Min-Max (Median)	0–1 (0)	0–1 (0)	0–1 (0)	0–2 (1)	0–1 (1)

DWM Score
Mean±SD	0.00±0.00	0.57±0.53	0.66±0.72	0.80±0.56	0.88±0.60	0.071
Min-Max (Median)	0–0 (0)	0–1 (1)	0–2 (1)	0–2 (1)	0–2 (1)

CWMLs (absence/presence)n (%)	4/1 (80.0/20.0%)	3/4 (42.9/57.1%)	5/10 (33.3/66.7%)	2/13 (13.3/86.7%)	1/8 (11.1/88.9%)	0.040^*	>0.05other binary comparisons^*
^a Kruskal-Wallis test; ^b Mann-Whitney U test; ^* P G – House-Brackmann grade; PVWM – periventricular white matter; DWM – deep white matter; SD – standard deviation; CWML – cerebral white matter lesions.