Bilateral facial palsy secondary to herpes zoster meningoencephalitis in a HIV-positive woman.
Bilateral facial paralysis of diverse infectious aetiologies has been reported in HIV infected patients. We present a patient with bilateral facial palsy most likely due to herpes zoster meningoencephalitis in a patient with neutropenia and who subsequently tested HIV-positive.
Mahadeen
Z I
ZI
Division of Neurology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey 17033, USA.
Brennan
R W
RW
Kothari
M J
MJ
D000328:Adult; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000150:complications*