Hookham, L; Teoh, P; Stern, W; Goodman, AL
(2021)
Can PIMS-TS lead to a facial nerve palsy?
BMJ Case Rep, 14 (6).
e242887.
ISSN 1757-790X
https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-242887
SGUL Authors: Hookham, Lauren Alexandra Francis
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Abstract
Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome-temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS) is a recently described syndrome. We describe the case of a 17-year-old man presenting with a recent illness consistent with COVID-19 who presented with fever, chest pain and anterior uveitis. He was treated with aspirin, pulsed methylprednisolone and tocilizumab followed by oral steroids. On day 16 from initial presentation, he developed a facial nerve palsy. He was managed with ongoing steroids and the addition of valaciclovir. PIMS-TS is an under-recognised condition among adult physicians and may not be well known in adult neurology. It is important for adult physicians and neurologists to be aware of PIMS-TS and its possible sequelae.
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Additional Information: | This article has been accepted for publication in BMJ Case Reports, 2021 following peer review, and the Version of Record can be accessed online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-242887 © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2021. Reuse of this manuscript version (excluding any databases, tables, diagrams, photographs and other images or illustrative material included where a another copyright owner is identified) is permitted strictly pursuant to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC 4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | ||||||
Keywords: | COVID-19, cranial nerves, infectious diseases, neurology, Adolescent, COVID-19, Child, Facial Nerve, Facial Paralysis, Humans, Male, SARS-CoV-2, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, Facial Nerve, Humans, Facial Paralysis, Adolescent, Child, Male, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 | ||||||
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: | Academic Structure > Infection and Immunity Research Institute (INII) | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | BMJ Case Rep | ||||||
ISSN: | 1757-790X | ||||||
Language: | eng | ||||||
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Publisher License: | Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 | ||||||
PubMed ID: | 34127503 | ||||||
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URI: | https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/113382 | ||||||
Publisher's version: | https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-242887 |
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