Peripheral facial paralysis as presenting symptom of COVID-19 in a pregnant woman

Acute facial nerve disease leading to peripheral facial paralysis is commonly associated with viral infections. COVID-19 may be a potential cause of peripheral facial paralysis and neurological symptoms could be the first and only manifestation of the disease. We report a case of a term pregnancy di...

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Autores principales: Figueiredo, Rita, Falcão, Vera, Pinto, Maria João, Ramalho, Carla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Unusual Presentation of More Common Disease/Injury
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7418655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32784234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-237146
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author Figueiredo, Rita
Falcão, Vera
Pinto, Maria João
Ramalho, Carla
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description Acute facial nerve disease leading to peripheral facial paralysis is commonly associated with viral infections. COVID-19 may be a potential cause of peripheral facial paralysis and neurological symptoms could be the first and only manifestation of the disease. We report a case of a term pregnancy diagnosed with COVID-19 after presenting with isolated peripheral facial palsy.
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spelling pubmed-74186552020-08-18 Peripheral facial paralysis as presenting symptom of COVID-19 in a pregnant woman Figueiredo, Rita Falcão, Vera Pinto, Maria João Ramalho, Carla BMJ Case Rep Unusual Presentation of More Common Disease/Injury Acute facial nerve disease leading to peripheral facial paralysis is commonly associated with viral infections. COVID-19 may be a potential cause of peripheral facial paralysis and neurological symptoms could be the first and only manifestation of the disease. We report a case of a term pregnancy diagnosed with COVID-19 after presenting with isolated peripheral facial palsy. BMJ Publishing Group 2020-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7418655/ /pubmed/32784234 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-237146 Text en © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This article is made freely available for use in accordance with BMJ’s website terms and conditions for the duration of the covid-19 pandemic or until otherwise determined by BMJ. You may use, download and print the article for any lawful, non-commercial purpose (including text and data mining) provided that all copyright notices and trade marks are retained.https://bmj.com/coronavirus/usage
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Peripheral facial paralysis as presenting symptom of COVID-19 in a pregnant woman
title Peripheral facial paralysis as presenting symptom of COVID-19 in a pregnant woman
title_full Peripheral facial paralysis as presenting symptom of COVID-19 in a pregnant woman
title_fullStr Peripheral facial paralysis as presenting symptom of COVID-19 in a pregnant woman
title_full_unstemmed Peripheral facial paralysis as presenting symptom of COVID-19 in a pregnant woman
title_short Peripheral facial paralysis as presenting symptom of COVID-19 in a pregnant woman
title_sort peripheral facial paralysis as presenting symptom of covid-19 in a pregnant woman
topic Unusual Presentation of More Common Disease/Injury
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7418655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32784234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-237146
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