title: Bilateral Bell palsy and acute HIV type 1 infection: report of 2 cases and review.
abstract: Two adult patients who presented to a hospital with bilateral facial Bell palsy who were also experiencing human immunodeficiency virus type 1 seroconversion are described. Ten additional cases retrieved from the literature are also reviewed. Bell palsy appeared a median of 15 days after the beginning of the clinical disease, and aseptic meningitis was an invariable concomitant of facial neuropathy. All but 1 patient (8.3%) recovered without sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.forename: Nerea
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: Juan Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Arroyo
authors.forename: Josep Ma
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: de Llobet
authors.forename: Pere
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Domingo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020330:Bell Palsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents