Bell's palsy as a possible neurological complication of COVID-19: A case report

Anup Bastola; Ranjit Sah; Gaurav Nepal; Bikram Prasad Gajurel; Sagar Kumar Rajbhandari; Bimal Sharma Chalise; Bikesh Shrestha; Richa Nepal; Kijan Maharjan; Kuldeep Dhama; Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3631

Bell's palsy as a possible neurological complication of COVID-19: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Dec 8;9(2):747-750. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3631. eCollection 2021 Feb.

Affiliations

¹ Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital Kathmandu Nepal.
² Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine Kathmandu Nepal.
³ Department of Neurology Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital Kathmandu Nepal.
⁴ Division of Pathology ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute Bareilly India.
⁵ Public Health and Infection Research and Incubator Group Faculty of Health Sciences Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira Pereira Colombia.
⁶ Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina Faculty of Medicine Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas Pereira Colombia.

Abstract

COVID-19 has been associated with several neurological complications. We presented a case of Bell's palsy as a possible neurological complication of COVID-19 infection. Further research should be conducted to clarify the association, correlation, or causality between COVID-19 and neuroimmunological diseases.

Keywords: Bell’s palsy; COVID‐19; Facial nerve; Facial palsy; Neurological complication; SARS‐CoV‐2.

Publication types

Case Reports