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Bilateral sequential facial palsy during chickenpox
M van der Flier1, C van Koppenhagen, F J Disch
1Department of Paediatrics, St. Antonius Hospital, Koekoekslaan 1, 3534 CM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
European Journal of Pediatrics
|September 15, 1999
Abstract
Unlabelled:
Facial palsy is a rare neurological complication of chickenpox. A 5-year-old girl exhibited a right facial palsy followed by the appearance of the characteristic chicken pox exanthem. Subsequently she suffered a left facial palsy. In this patient both pathophysiological mechanisms responsible and their relation to the phase of infection are illustrated.
Conclusion:
Facial palsy as a complication of chickenpox can result from pre-eruptive haematogenous or neurogenous spread of varicella-zoster virus.