Loss of Taste as an Initial Symptom of a “Facial Diplegia and Paresthesia” Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Loss of taste is a relatively common symptom of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and has also been considered a rare Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) symptom. We herein report a case of a facial diplegia and paresthesia (FDP) variant of GBS that initially presented as a loss of taste occurring two w...

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Autores principales: Hiraga, Akiyuki, Muto, Mayumi, Kuwabara, Satoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9593143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35908975
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9781-22
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Muto, Mayumi
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description Loss of taste is a relatively common symptom of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and has also been considered a rare Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) symptom. We herein report a case of a facial diplegia and paresthesia (FDP) variant of GBS that initially presented as a loss of taste occurring two weeks after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination. The patient recovered completely after intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. Clinicians should consider the possibility of post-vaccination FDP manifesting as facial palsy and should be aware that GBS, including the FDP variant, can initially present as an isolated loss of taste.
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spelling pubmed-95931432022-11-07 Loss of Taste as an Initial Symptom of a “Facial Diplegia and Paresthesia” Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome Hiraga, Akiyuki Muto, Mayumi Kuwabara, Satoshi Intern Med Case Report Loss of taste is a relatively common symptom of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and has also been considered a rare Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) symptom. We herein report a case of a facial diplegia and paresthesia (FDP) variant of GBS that initially presented as a loss of taste occurring two weeks after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination. The patient recovered completely after intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. Clinicians should consider the possibility of post-vaccination FDP manifesting as facial palsy and should be aware that GBS, including the FDP variant, can initially present as an isolated loss of taste. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2022-07-29 2022-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9593143/ /pubmed/35908975 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9781-22 Text en Copyright © 2022 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/The Internal Medicine is an Open Access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Hiraga, Akiyuki
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Kuwabara, Satoshi
Loss of Taste as an Initial Symptom of a “Facial Diplegia and Paresthesia” Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome
title Loss of Taste as an Initial Symptom of a “Facial Diplegia and Paresthesia” Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome
title_full Loss of Taste as an Initial Symptom of a “Facial Diplegia and Paresthesia” Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome
title_fullStr Loss of Taste as an Initial Symptom of a “Facial Diplegia and Paresthesia” Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Loss of Taste as an Initial Symptom of a “Facial Diplegia and Paresthesia” Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome
title_short Loss of Taste as an Initial Symptom of a “Facial Diplegia and Paresthesia” Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome
title_sort loss of taste as an initial symptom of a “facial diplegia and paresthesia” variant of guillain-barré syndrome
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9593143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35908975
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9781-22
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