ArticleItalian journal of pediatrics2022
A case of facial nerve palsy in a pediatric patient associated with Covid-19.
Article in Italian journal of pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Neurological Manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Mpox in Pediatric Patients and Their Management: A State-of-the-Art Systematic Review.Pediatric neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Management of Bell's palsy in a 2-month-old following COVID-19 infection: a case report and review of the literature.BMC neurology · 2026Review
- Pharmacological mechanism of action of Lianhua Qingwen in the treatment of COVID-19 and facial neuritis.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2025Article
- Bringing theory to life: integrating case-based learning in applied physiology for undergraduate physiotherapy education.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Epiphora and Hyperlacrimation as Paradoxical Manifestations of Facial Nerve Injury: Mechanistic Insights.Cureus · 2024Review
- Year 2022: exploring COVID-19 pandemic in children.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2023Review
- 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
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundPediatric facial nerve palsy is acute and mostly idiopathic; other causes are post-infectious forms. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a rare case of facial nerve palsy associated with COVID-19 in a 5-year-old boy. The diagnosis of post-infectious COVID-19-related facial paralysis was made by serology positivity for a previous infection (IgG positive, IgM and IgA weakly positive), in the presence of a negative molecular nasopharyngeal swab and in the absence of other etiologies. Early treatment with steroids (1 mg/day for 7 days followed by tapering) and supportive care solved the problem.
conclusionIn a child with facial paralysis, COVID-19 must be considered as the cause and both nasopharyngeal swab and serology must be performed.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.