Bilateral facial nerve palsy after COVID 19 vaccination

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been lot of speculation around the possible side effects associated with COVID vaccination and incidence of facial palsy is one of them. Bilateral facial palsy is less likely to be idiopathic as compared to unilateral facial nerve palsy and warrants further investigations to find any secondary cause. COVID 19 infection and the vaccinations for the same are also included in the unique list of differentials.

Case report

We report an interesting case of bilateral rapidly sequential facial nerve palsy following the administration of COVID vaccination that showed subsequent improvement. We provide literature review to report the current incidence of same, secondary to the vaccination as well the infection itself

Case presentation

Following the int

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9556870 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature