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Document 0040
DOCN M9470040
TI [Bell's palsy in HIV infection]
DT 9409
AU Mastroianni A; Coronado O; Manfredi R; Chiodo F; Istituto Malattie
Infettive, Universita degli Studi di Bologna.
SO Minerva Med. 1994 Mar;85(3):117-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/94255098
AB Neurological complications represent one of the most important causes of
morbidity and mortality in patients with HIV infection or AIDS. The
peripheral nervous system is frequently involved in different stages of
HIV disease, and the etiopathogenetic mechanisms are various. Idiopathic
peripheral facial nerve palsy (Bell's palsy) has been considered by
several Authors as one of the possible neurologic complications of HIV
infection, mainly described in the early stages. As a matter of fact
when facial palsy onsets in the late stages of the disease, when there
is a severe immunodeficiency, usually is secondary to opportunistic
infections, polyradiculopathy, or tumors involving the nervous system.
To our knowledge, in the current literature there are few clinical
studies reporting facial palsy associated to HIV infection. Since 1986
till 1992 three HIV infected patients with Bell's palsy have come to our
observation. All three of them were asymptomatic (CDC II) and in one of
them was the first clinical manifestation indicating HIV infection. The
palsy in this patient and those reported by others was self-limiting
with a good prognosis.
DE Adult Case Report English Abstract Facial Paralysis/*COMPLICATIONS
Female Human HIV Infections/*COMPLICATIONS Male JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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