A Case of Facial Nerve Palsy Associated with Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in a Child. |
Hae Kyoung Lee, Sang Beom Kim, Chang Hee Oh, Je Woo Kim, He Sun Yun, Seong Hee Hwang, Won Keun Song |
1Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 2Department of Neurology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 3Department of Clinical Pathology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. |
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Abstract |
Facial palsy is a rare complication of infectious mononucleosis of Epstein-Barr virus infection, which can be easily overlooked by clinicians if one is unnoticed about it. We report a 2 year and 11 month old boy who was diagnosed by facial nerve palsy caused by Epstein-Barr virus infection. Pseudothrombocytopenia was also associated with him. Steroid (prednisolone 2mg/kg) was administered daily for 2 weeks and then maintained with alternative tapering schedule (2mg/kg at once QOD) in order to decompress facial nerve. He was completely recovered at 2 months of follow-up. |
Key Words:
Facial palsy, Epstein-Barr virus, Infection, Child |
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