COVID-19 associated Bell's palsy

Kei Yamasaki; Taiki Manabe; Yuto Iwanaga; Ryota Akaike; Toshinori Kawanami; Kazuhiro Yatera

doi:10.1002/rcr2.1198

COVID-19 associated Bell's palsy

Respirol Case Rep. 2023 Jul 25;11(8):e01198. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.1198. eCollection 2023 Aug.

Authors

Kei Yamasaki¹, Taiki Manabe¹, Yuto Iwanaga¹, Ryota Akaike², Toshinori Kawanami¹, Kazuhiro Yatera¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Kitakyushu Japan.
² Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Kitakyushu Japan.

Abstract

While rare, a diagnosis of Bell's palsy should be considered in young patients who test positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection and who also present with notable neurological facial signs and symptoms suggestive of lower motor neuron-type seventh cranial nerve palsy.

Keywords: Bell's palsy; COVID‐19; House‐Brackmann facial nerve grading system.