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Acute Peripheral Facial Palsy after Chickenpox: A Rare Association
Chickenpox, resulting from primary infection by the varicella-zoster virus, is an exanthematous disease very common during childhood and with good prognosis. However, serious complications, namely, neurological syndromes, may develop during its course, especially in risk groups, including adolescent...
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2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4095705/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25057424 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/754390 |
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author | Ferreira, Helena Dias, Ângela Lopes, Andreia |
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description | Chickenpox, resulting from primary infection by the varicella-zoster virus, is an exanthematous disease very common during childhood and with good prognosis. However, serious complications, namely, neurological syndromes, may develop during its course, especially in risk groups, including adolescents. Peripheral facial palsy is a rare neurologic complication that has been previously described. Conclusion. We report the case of a teenager with peripheral facial palsy as a complication of chickenpox, aiming to increase the awareness of this rare association. |
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spelling | pubmed-40957052014-07-23 Acute Peripheral Facial Palsy after Chickenpox: A Rare Association Ferreira, Helena Dias, Ângela Lopes, Andreia Case Rep Pediatr Case Report Chickenpox, resulting from primary infection by the varicella-zoster virus, is an exanthematous disease very common during childhood and with good prognosis. However, serious complications, namely, neurological syndromes, may develop during its course, especially in risk groups, including adolescents. Peripheral facial palsy is a rare neurologic complication that has been previously described. Conclusion. We report the case of a teenager with peripheral facial palsy as a complication of chickenpox, aiming to increase the awareness of this rare association. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4095705/ /pubmed/25057424 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/754390 Text en Copyright © 2014 Helena Ferreira et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Ferreira, Helena Dias, Ângela Lopes, Andreia Acute Peripheral Facial Palsy after Chickenpox: A Rare Association |
title | Acute Peripheral Facial Palsy after Chickenpox: A Rare Association |
title_full | Acute Peripheral Facial Palsy after Chickenpox: A Rare Association |
title_fullStr | Acute Peripheral Facial Palsy after Chickenpox: A Rare Association |
title_full_unstemmed | Acute Peripheral Facial Palsy after Chickenpox: A Rare Association |
title_short | Acute Peripheral Facial Palsy after Chickenpox: A Rare Association |
title_sort | acute peripheral facial palsy after chickenpox: a rare association |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4095705/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25057424 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/754390 |
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