[Facial paralysis and chicken-pox].
Ten days after chicken-pox, a 24-year old man presented with a right facial palsy without meningitis. Albumino-cytologic dissociation in CSF--not observed in two other published cases--suggests an immune-mediated process. The patient was treated by prednisone and aciclovir. The upper facial muscles remained paretic 2 months after onset.
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Service de Clinique Neurologique A, CHU Lille.
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D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000212:Acyclovir
Paralysie faciale et varicelle.