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Abstract
Acute facial nerve disease leading to peripheral facial paralysis is commonly associated with viral infections. COVID-19 may be a potential cause of peripheral facial paralysis and neurological symptoms could be the first and only manifestation of the disease. We report a case of a term pregnancy diagnosed with COVID-19 after presenting with isolated peripheral facial palsy.
- peripheral nerve disease
- pregnancy
- infectious diseases
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Contributors All authors made substantial contributions to the elaboration of the work. RF: patient management, conception and design of the work, drafting the manuscript, bibliographic research. VF: revision of the manuscript critically for important intellectual content, bibliographic research. MJP: patient management, revision of the manuscript critically for important intellectual content. CR: patient management and follow-up, conception of the work, revision of the manuscript critically for important intellectual content. Final version to be published was approved by all authors.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent for publication Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.