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Editor, Senior Moderator
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
. 2020 Jun 25.
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6654. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19-Associated Bifacial Weakness With Paresthesia Subtype of Guillain-Barr? Syndrome
K L Hutchins[SUP] 1 [/SUP], J H Jansen[SUP] 2 [/SUP], A D Comer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], R V Scheer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], G S Zahn[SUP] 2 [/SUP], A E Capps[SUP] 3 [/SUP], L M Weaver[SUP] 2 [/SUP], N A Koontz[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP]
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Abstract
We report a case of bifacial weakness with paresthesia, a recognized Guillain-Barr? syndrome subtype characterized by rapidly progressive facial weakness and paresthesia without ataxia or other cranial neuropathies, which was temporally associated with antecedent coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). This case highlights a potentially novel but critically important neurologic association of the COVID-19 disease process. Herein, we detail the clinicoradiologic work-up and diagnosis, clinical course, and multidisciplinary medical management of this patient with COVID-19. This case is illustrative of the increasingly recognized but potentially underreported neurologic manifestations of COVID-19, which must be considered and further investigated in this pandemic disease.
. 2020 Jun 25.
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6654. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19-Associated Bifacial Weakness With Paresthesia Subtype of Guillain-Barr? Syndrome
K L Hutchins[SUP] 1 [/SUP], J H Jansen[SUP] 2 [/SUP], A D Comer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], R V Scheer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], G S Zahn[SUP] 2 [/SUP], A E Capps[SUP] 3 [/SUP], L M Weaver[SUP] 2 [/SUP], N A Koontz[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 32586958
- DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6654
Abstract
We report a case of bifacial weakness with paresthesia, a recognized Guillain-Barr? syndrome subtype characterized by rapidly progressive facial weakness and paresthesia without ataxia or other cranial neuropathies, which was temporally associated with antecedent coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). This case highlights a potentially novel but critically important neurologic association of the COVID-19 disease process. Herein, we detail the clinicoradiologic work-up and diagnosis, clinical course, and multidisciplinary medical management of this patient with COVID-19. This case is illustrative of the increasingly recognized but potentially underreported neurologic manifestations of COVID-19, which must be considered and further investigated in this pandemic disease.