Acute facial palsy. Some clinical and virological observations.
A prospective clinical and virological study on 44 patients with acute, peripheral facial paralysis was carried out in consecutive cases during one year. In 9 cases varicella-zoster infections were serologically established. In 5 additional patients an associated varicella-zoster, or herpes simplex, infection was possible. Of the 9 confirmed cases, 6 were clinically diagnosed as zoster oticus, whereas on clinical grounds, 3 were regarded as Bell's palsy. No evidence was obtained of associated enterovirus, mumps, measles, cytomegalovirus, tick-borne encephalitis virus, para-influenza virus, mononucleosis or Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications*; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000150:complications; D010031:Otitis / Q000150:complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012621:Seasons
D000956:Antigens, Viral