title: Facial palsy associated with leptospirosis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The authors report a rare case of facial palsy associated with leptospirosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 60-year-old man was admitted to ICU with severe leptospirosis. On the eighth day of hospitalisation, he developed left peripheral facial palsy with a favourable course in response to corticosteroids.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Several types of neurological complications of leptospirosis have been reported: encephalitis, myelitis, stroke, cerebral arteritis, mononeuritis, polyradiculoneuropathy, and cranial nerve palsy. Peripheral facial palsy is a rare complication of leptospirosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case illustrates the possible association between leptospirosis and facial palsy.
authors: Service de réanimation polyvalente A4, CHU Hassan II, BP 1835, Fès, Morocco. bouazzaoui79@hotmail.fr
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