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Peripheral facial nerve palsy associated with COVID-19

2020; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 26; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s13365-020-00912-6

1538-2443

Marco Antônio Lima, Marcus Tulius T. Silva, Cristiane Soares, Renan Coutinho, Henrique Soares Dutra Oliveira, Lívia Afonso, Otávio de Melo Espíndola, Ana Claúdia Celestino Bezerra Leite, Abelardo Araújo,

Vestibular and auditory disorders

COVID-19 pandemic revealed several neurological syndromes related to this infection. We describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiological features of eight patients with COVID-19 who developed peripheral facial palsy during infection. In three patients, facial palsy was the first symptom. Nerve damage resulted in mild dysfunction in five patients and moderate in three. SARS-Cov-2 was not detected in CSF by PCR in any of the samples. Seven out of eight patients were treated with steroids and all patients have complete or partial recovery of the symptoms. Peripheral facial palsy should be added to the spectrum of neurological manifestations associated with COVID-19.