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Case report
COVID-19 myocarditis and postinfection Bell’s palsy
  1. Elin Hoffmann Dahl1,
  2. Knut Anders Mosevoll1,
  3. Dana Cramariuc2,
  4. Christian Alexander Vedeler3 and
  5. Bjørn Blomberg4,5
  1. 1Department of Medicine, Haukeland Universitetssjukehus, Bergen, Norway
  2. 2Department of Cardiology, Haukeland Universitetssjukehus, Bergen, Norway
  3. 3Department of Neurology, Haukeland Universitetssjukehus, Bergen, Norway
  4. 4Department of Clinical Science, Universitetet i Bergen, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
  5. 5National Advisory Unit for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Haukeland Universitetssjukehus, Bergen, Norway
  1. Correspondence to Dr Bjørn Blomberg; bjorn.blomberg{at}uib.no

Abstract

Here we present the case of a 37-year-old previously healthy man who developed fever, headache and a unilateral, painful neck swelling while working offshore. He had no known contact with anyone with COVID-19; however, due to the ongoing pandemic, a nasopharyngeal swab was performed, which was positive for the virus. After transfer to hospital for assessment his condition rapidly deteriorated, requiring admission to intensive care for COVID-19 myocarditis. One week after discharge he re-presented with unilateral facial nerve palsy. Our case highlights an atypical presentation of COVID-19 and the multifaceted clinical course of this still poorly understood disease.

  • cardiovascular medicine
  • infectious diseases
  • neurology
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-240095

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    • Contributors All five authors fulfil the authorship criteria. EHD, KAM and BB contributed to the conception of the case report, acquisition and interpretation of data, drafting of the article, as well as critically revising it for important intellectual content. CAV and DC contributed to the analysis and interpretation of data and critically revising it for important intellectual content.

    • 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.