Al-Hashimi Ibrahim, Okon Emmanuel
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas (UT) at Tyler Health Science Center, UT Health East Texas, Tyler, USA.
Department of Infectious Diseases, Christus Trinity Clinic, Tyler, USA.
Cureus. 2024 Jun 16;16(6):e62486. doi: 10.7759/cureus.62486. eCollection 2024 Jun.
The West Nile virus (WNV) is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the United States. Bell's palsy (BP) is a clinical syndrome associated with viral infections, but an association with West Nile virus (WNV) is not well-described, with only two cases reported in the literature. We present a case of a 68-year-old woman presenting with fevers and encephalopathy. Cerebrospinal fluid was positive for WNV. Following improvement, she developed facial weakness and was diagnosed with BP secondary to the WNV infection. Identifying BP associated with WNV infection may have significant clinical implications, but further studies are needed to fully characterize a causative relationship.
西尼罗河病毒（WNV）是美国蚊媒疾病的主要病因。贝尔麻痹（BP）是一种与病毒感染相关的临床综合征，但与西尼罗河病毒（WNV）的关联尚未得到充分描述，文献中仅报道了两例。我们报告一例68岁女性，出现发热和脑病。脑脊液WNV检测呈阳性。病情好转后，她出现面部无力，被诊断为WNV感染继发的BP。识别与WNV感染相关的BP可能具有重要的临床意义，但需要进一步研究以充分阐明因果关系。
