title: Nuclear bilateral Bell's palsy and ageusia associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pulmonary infection.
abstract: This case report describes a case of nuclear bilateral Bell's palsy and ageusia associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Magnetic resonance imaging evidenced T2-weighted hyper-intense protuberantial lesions. Such topography leading to a nuclear palsy contrasts with previously reported infectious diplegia involving only peripheral facial nerves, and has not yet been described in the spectrum of M. pneumoniae post-infectious neurological manifestations.
authors.affiliation: Département des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales1, Service de Neuroradiologie2 and Fédération de Neurologie3, CHU Pitié-Salpétrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Salim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trad
authors.affiliation: Département des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales1, Service de Neuroradiologie2 and Fédération de Neurologie3, CHU Pitié-Salpétrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Jade
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ghosn
authors.affiliation: Département des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales1, Service de Neuroradiologie2 and Fédération de Neurologie3, CHU Pitié-Salpétrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dormont
authors.affiliation: Département des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales1, Service de Neuroradiologie2 and Fédération de Neurologie3, CHU Pitié-Salpétrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stankoff
authors.affiliation: Département des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales1, Service de Neuroradiologie2 and Fédération de Neurologie3, CHU Pitié-Salpétrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bricaire
authors.affiliation: Département des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales1, Service de Neuroradiologie2 and Fédération de Neurologie3, CHU Pitié-Salpétrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caumes
mesh_terms: D000370:Ageusia / Q000382:microbiology*; D020330:Bell Palsy / Q000382:microbiology*; D004890:Erythema / Q000382:microbiology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications*