title: Bilateral sequential facial palsy during chickenpox.
abstract: Facial palsy is a rare neurological complication of chickenpox. A 5-year-old girl exhibited a right facial palsy followed by the appearance of the characteristic chicken pox exanthem. Subsequently she suffered a left facial palsy. In this patient both pathophysiological mechanisms responsible and their relation to the phase of infection are illustrated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Facial palsy as a complication of chickenpox can result from pre-eruptive haematogenous or neurogenous spread of varicella-zoster virus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, St. Antonius Hospital, Koekoekslaan 1, 3534 CM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van der Flier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Koppenhagen
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Disch
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Mauser
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bistervels
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: van Diemen-Steenvoorde
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral