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Facial Diplegia in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection: Case Report

[ ISSN : 2473-0688 ]

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Received: 28-Jul-2017

Accepted: 10-Aug-2017

Published: 15-Aug-2017

Case Report | Volume 3 - Issue 4 | Article DOI :

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Antreas Ioannou¹, Eleni Papanicolaou¹, Antreas Tofarides¹, Panagiotis Dimitriou¹, Chrysostomos Zintilis¹, and George Panos² ³*

¹ Nicosia General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cyprus Medical School, Cyprus
² Department of Internal Medicine, Patras University General Hospital, Greece
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Patras University School of Medicine, Greece

Corresponding Author:

Antreas Ioannou, Department of Internal Medicine, Nicosia General Hospital, University of Cyprus Medical School, 2029 Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus, Tel: +35722603447; Fax: +35722604322; Email: aii.uoa@gmail.com

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Facial nerve palsy; Facial diplegia; Bell’s palsy; Guilain-Barré syndrome; Hepatitis B

Abstract

Facial diplegia or bilateral facial nerve palsy is an extremely rare condition, caused in the majority of patients by an underlying condition. The broad differential diagnosis of facial diplegia causes may present a diagnostic challenge. We report the case of a 71-year-old patient with sudden onset of bilateral facial nerve palsy and mild hypoglossal nerve paresis. The diagnosis of Guilain-Barré syndrome was the most likely and the patient recovered after intravenous immunoglobulin administration

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Ioannou A, Papanicolaou E, Tofarides A, Dimitriou P, Zintilis C and Panos G. Facial Diplegia in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection: Case Report. SM J Case Rep. 2017; 3(4): 1056.