ArticleCureus2021
Bell's Palsy as a Late Neurologic Manifestation of COVID-19 Infection.
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- Primary cilium and TULP3-dependent ciliary targeting of ACE2 in SARS-CoV-2 tropism.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2025Article
- Risk of neurologic or immune-mediated adverse events after COVID-19 diagnosis in the United States.PloS one · 2025Article
- Development of a clinical diagnostic model for Bell's palsy in patients with facial muscle weakness.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2024Article
- Bell's Palsy Secondary to COVID-19 Infection.Cureus · 2023Article
- Facial nerve palsy: An early sign of COVID-19.Germs · 2023Article
- A review of the potential neurological adverse events of COVID-19 vaccines.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2023Review
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- Facial Palsy in COVID-19 Patient: A Case Report.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2022Article
- Facial palsy as a manifestation of COVID-19: A systematic review of cases.Health science reports · 2022Article
- A case of facial nerve palsy in a pediatric patient associated with Covid-19.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Nursing and Treatment Experience of COVID-19 with Facial Paralysis.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
Bell's palsy is acute peripheral facial nerve palsy; its cause is often unknown but it can be triggered by acute viral infection. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection commonly presents with respiratory symptoms, but neurologic complications have been reported. A few studies have reported the occurrence of facial nerve palsy during the COVID-19 pandemic. We present a case of Bell's palsy in a 36-year-old man with COVID-19 infection and a past medical history of nephrolithiasis. He presented to the emergency room with a day history of sudden right facial weakness and difficulty closing his right eye four weeks following a diagnosis of COVID-19 infection. Physical examination revealed right lower motor neuron facial nerve palsy (House-Brackmann grade IV). Serologic screen for Lyme disease, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and herpes simplex virus (HSV) 1 and 2 were negative for acute infection; however, neuroimaging with MRI confirmed Bell's palsy. He made remarkable improvement following treatment with a course of valacyclovir and methylprednisolone. This case adds to the growing body of literature on neurological complications that should be considered when managing patients with COVID-19 infection.
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