International Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
Case Report
Facial Nerve Palsy Associated With Covid-19; a Case Report
Amizadeh M1 and Motamed S1,2
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Afzalipour Faculty of Medicine,
Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
2Student Research Committee, Kerman University of Medical Sciences,
Kerman, Iran
*Address for Correspondence
Motamed S, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Afzalipour
faculty of medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences,
Kerman, Iran; E-mail: smotamed2009@gmail.com
Submission: 01 March, 2022
Accepted:15 April, 2022
Published: 18 April, 2022
Copyright: © 2022 Amizadeh M, et al. This is an open access
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Abstract
COVID-19 is highly infectious disease and mainly causes respiratory
symptoms, but revealed several neurological symptoms related to this
infection. Some recent articles stated that cranial nerve dysfunction
and facial nerve palsy in SARS-CoV-2-positive patients. We report the
clinical manifestation of a 42 years old patient with COVID-19 who
developed peripheral left side facial palsy during infection.