ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Facial Diplegia-Complication or Manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 Infection? A Case Report and Systemic Literature Review.
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- A review of the potential neurological adverse events of COVID-19 vaccines.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2023Review
- Peripheral nervous system involvement in SARS-CoV-2 infection: a review of the current pediatric literature.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
- Editorial Comment on Special Issue-COVID-19 after One Year of Clinical Experience: Unexpected Clinical Presentations or Complications and Post-COVID-19 Clinical Features.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus, healthcare systems around the world have witnessed not only COVID-19 symptoms but also long-term complications of the aforementioned, including neurological problems. We report a clinical case of an adult patient with bilateral facial nerve palsy and progressive ascending paresis of the limbs after contracting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Additionally, the systematic review aimed to identify and summarize specific clinical features, outcomes and complications of the studies focusing on bilateral facial diplegia as a sequela of COVID-19 infection. The total number of analyzed patients was 15. Only one patient was diagnosed with isolated bilateral palsy; the rest had Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). With one exception, all the presented cases had favorable outcomes, with facial palsy recovery from slight to almost complete. In patients with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis, bilateral facial palsy may be an isolated symptom as well as a variant of GBS. Symptoms of cranial nerve damage during a COVID-19 infection may explain the appearance of facial nerve damage. In order to clarify the spectrum of neurological manifestations and a causal relation between SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 vaccination and neurological symptoms, direct attention towards the study of this virus is crucial. It seems reasonable to recognize human coronavirus as another potential GBS trigger.
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