| Summary: | Objective: Acute facial paralysis (AFP) is one of the common complaints of patients who admit otolaryngology emergency clinics. It's important to diagnose and give accurate treatment for AFP because misdiagnose or late treatment may result with permanent unwanted outcomes. The aim of this study is to investigate usefulness of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in patients diagnosed with BP with or without diabetes for differential diagnosis and alternative treatment modalities of BP patients.
Methods: Patients admitted to Kartal Dr. Lutfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital emergency department with complaint of acute peripheral facial paralysis diagnosed with BP between January 2013-February 2017 were evaluated retrospectively. 18 patients with BP, 17 patients with BP and type 2 DM (T2DM) were taken for the study.
Results: 35 patients diagnosed with facial paralysis were evaluated. It was statistically significant that the number of diabetic females with BP were higher than males (p=0,035). 17 patients with BP and 18 with T2DM and BP wetre evaluated and there was no statistical significance between both groups' NLR and PLR values.
Conclusion: There was statistically no significant difference between NLR and PLR between BP patients with T2DM and non-DM
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