ArticleNeuromuscular disorders : NMD2022
Bilateral facial palsy with paresthesias, variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome following COVID-19 vaccine: A case series of 9 patients.
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- Neuromuscular diseases associated with COVID-19 vaccines: a systematic review and pooled analysis of 258 patients.BMC neurology · 2023Pooled it
- A Young Woman With Ulcerative Colitis Presenting With Facial Diplegia, a Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome.The American journal of case reports · 2026Article
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- Guillain-Barré Syndrome During the Outbreak of Omicron in Southern China: A Multicenter Case-Control Study.Journal of inflammation research · 2025Article
- Cardiac and Neurological Complications Post COVID-19 Vaccination: A Systematic Review of Case Reports and Case Series.Vaccines · 2024Review
- Guillain-Barre syndrome following COVID-19 vaccination: a study of 70 case reports.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Review
- Facial Diplegia Complicating Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinations.The Neurohospitalist · 2023Article
- Lyme neuroborreliosis as a cause of sudden sensorineural hearing loss and facial palsy.Clinical case reports · 2022Article
- Bilateral Facial Weakness with Distal Paresthesia Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Scoping Review for an Atypical Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Pathophysiology of oral lesions subsequent to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination: A systematic review.Journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology : JOMFPReview
- Association of Guillain-Barré syndrome following COVID-19 vaccination.International journal of immunopathology and pharmacologyReview
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Abstract
Several cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) associated with COVID-19 vaccination have been reported, including the rare subtype known as Bilateral Facial Palsy with paresthesias (BFP). To date, it is not known whether a causal relationship may exist between the two. We report 9 cases of BFP in patients vaccinated against COVID-19 in the previous month. Nerve conduction studies revealed demyelinating polyneuropathy in 4 patients, and 5 presented bilateral, focal facial nerve involvement, exclusively. Ganglioside antibody panel was positive in 4 patients (anti-GM1=2, anti-GD1a=1 and anti-sulfatide=1). Seven patients received intravenous immunoglobulin treatment, one plasma exchange, and one patient died from sudden cardiac arrest following arrhythmia before treatment could be administered. Rates of BFP following COVID-19 vaccination, did not differ from those reported in previous series. Epidemiological studies are essential to determine whether a causal relationship may exist between this rare form of GBS and COVID-19 vaccination.
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