Bhingri Primary Health Care Center, Swargadwari Municipality-04, Bhingri, Pyuthan, Nepal.
Sumeru City Hospital, Dhapakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal, 3Grande International Hospital, Dhapasi, Kathmandu, Nepal.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2022 Nov 2;60(255):982-984. doi: 10.31729/jnma.7890.
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.
case reports; COVID-19; facial palsy.
面瘫是导致面部变形的常见问题之一。COVID-19 病毒很少与面瘫有关。在这里，我们介绍了一例 60 岁女性病例，其表现为左侧下运动神经元性面瘫特征，同时伴有 COVID-19 感染的常见特征。脑部影像学检查未发现任何相关病理，但 COVID-19 的聚合酶链反应呈阳性。本病例强调了一个事实，即在 COVID-19 持续大流行期间，急性 COVID-19 感染可被认为是运动神经元性面瘫的一个原因。因此，具有面瘫神经特征的病例应根据 COVID-19 感染的其他相关发现怀疑为急性 COVID-19 感染，因此应进行聚合酶链反应检测。
病例报告；COVID-19；面瘫。
