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Facial Palsy in COVID-19 Patient: A Case Report
Shailes Paudel1, Mijjal Gopal Shrestha2, Rupesh Ramtel2
1Bhingri Primary Health Care Center, Swargadwari Municipality-04, Bhingri, Pyuthan, Nepal.
Abstract:
Facial paralysis is one of the common problems leading to facial deformation. COVID-19 virus rarely has been shown to be associated with facial palsy. Here we present a case of a 60-year-old woman who presented with features of left lower motor facial palsy signs along with common features suggestive of COVID-19 infection. Brain imaging did not reveal any pertinent pathology but her polymerase chain reaction for COVID-19 was positive. This case highlights the fact that acute COVID-19 infection can be considered a cause of motor neuron facial palsy in the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19. Cases with neurological features suggestive of facial palsy therefore should be suspected of acute COVID-19 infection based on other pertinent findings of COVID-19 infection and thus polymerase chain reaction testing should be done.
Keywords:
case reports; COVID-19; facial palsy.
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