title: Bilateral facial nerve palsy and appendicitis occurring during acute retroviral syndrome.
abstract: We herein report the case of 41-year-old homosexual man who presented to our hospital with typical acute retroviral syndrome. Complications of bilateral facial nerve palsy and appendicitis appeared eight days after admission. The bilateral facial nerve palsy spontaneously recovered one month later; however, the appendicitis required surgical intervention. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of appendicitis related to acute retroviral syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh General Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morioka
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Sentaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwabuchi
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
mesh_terms: D016263:AIDS-Associated Nephropathy / Q000209:etiology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004630:Emergencies; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000209:etiology