Bilateral sequential facial palsy during chickenpox
- 8 September 1999
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Pediatrics
- Vol. 158 (10) , 807-808
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s004310051210
Abstract
Facial palsy is a rare neurological complication of chickenpox. A 5-year-old girl exhibited a right facial palsy followed by the appearance of the characteristic chicken pox exanthem. Subsequently she suffered a left facial palsy. In this patient both pathophysiological mechanisms responsible and their relation to the phase of infection are illustrated. Conclusion Facial palsy as a complication of chickenpox can result from pre-eruptive haematogenous or neurogenous spread of varicella-zoster virus.Keywords
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: