Guillain-Barré Syndrome with Bilateral Peripheral Facial Nerve Paralysis After COVID-19 Infection
Citation
Ocak, Ö. (2021). Guillain-Barré Syndrome with Bilateral Peripheral Facial Nerve Paralysis After COVID-19 Infection. Türk Nöroloji Dergisi, 27, 40-42. doi: 10.4274/TND.2021.78095.Abstract
Isolated bilateral peripheral facial paralysis in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is also quite rare. This case meets the diagnostic criteria of GBS with isolated bilateral peripheral facial paralysis following the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection. A 48-year-old male patient with bilateral peripheral facial nerve paralysis on neurological examination and without other abnormalities was admitted to the emergency department, 18 days after a COVID-19 infection. An increase in cell-free protein (albuminocytological dissociation) in the patient’s cerebrospinal fluid and demyelinating polyneuropathy in electrophysiological examinations suggested GBS in the patient. Facial paralysis findings were completely resolved after 5 days of intravenous immune globulin therapy. Physicians must closely monitor patients’ neurological signs because of the possible association between GBS and COVID-19. © 2021 by Turkish Neurological Society Turkish Journal of Neurology published by Galenos Publishing House. İzole bilateral periferik yüz felci Guillain-Barré sendorumunda (GBS) oldukça nadirdir. Burada koronavirüs hastalığı-2019 (COVID-19) enfeksiyonu sonrası
GBS’sine bağlı izole bilateral periferik fasiyal sinir paralizisi tanı kriterlerini karşılayan bir olgu sunulmuştur. Nörolojik muayenesinde bilateral periferik fasiyal
sinir paralzisi olan 48 yaşındaki erkek hasta, COVID-19 enfeksiyonundan 18 gün sonra acil servise başvurdu. Beyin omurilik sıvısında yüksek protein içeriği
mevcuttu ve elektromiyografi bulguları demiyelinizan polinöropati düşündürüyordu. Yüz felci bulguları beş günlük intravenöz immünoglobulin tedavisinden
sonra tamamen düzeldi. GBS ve COVID-19 arasındaki olası ilişki nedeniyle, COVID-19 hastalarında nörolojik belirtilerin yakından izlemesi önemlidir