Department of Ophthalmology, Duke Eye Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.
Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Brain Dev. 2021 Feb;43(2):357-359. doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2020.08.017. Epub 2020 Sep 4.
Bell's palsy is an acute facial paralysis with known association to viral infections. We describe a medically complex 6-year-old male with hyper IgM syndrome who presented with unilateral facial droop and positive SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR. This is the first reported pediatric case of Bell's palsy in the setting of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
贝尔氏麻痹是一种已知与病毒感染有关的急性面神经炎。我们描述了一例患有高免疫球蛋白 M 血症的复杂医学 6 岁男性患儿,表现为单侧面瘫和 SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR 阳性。这是首例在 SARS-CoV-2 感染背景下报告的儿童贝尔氏麻痹病例。