CASE REPORT
Facial nerve palsy in the course of herpes zoster infection – challenges in the treatment and prognosis
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Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Regional Hospital of Infectious Diseases in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Department of Children’s Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Submission date: 2021-04-08
Final revision date: 2021-05-19
Acceptance date: 2021-05-19
Publication date: 2021-12-09
Pediatr Pol 2021;96(4):275-280
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ABSTRACT
Facial nerve palsy occurs in paediatric population with the incidence of 4.2-15.3/100 000. In most cases etiology remains unknown (Bell’s palsy – idiopathic facial nerve palsy). Infectious agents account for around 25% of cases. This paper describes 2 cases of facial nerve palsy due to herpes zoster infection: a 9-year-old girl with vesicular lesions on the right side of the neck and face with concomitant right sided facial nerve palsy, and a 16-year-old boy* with lesions located in the left external auditory meatus who developed Ramsay-Hunt syndrome. The course of the disease and response to treatment in both patients was significantly different.
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