Bell’s Palsy and Cyclosporiasis: Causal or Coincidence?
Journal Title: Nepal Journal of Neuroscience - Year 2007, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
The etiology of Bell’s palsy is unknown but is presumed to involve swelling of the seventh (facial) nerve due to immune or viral disease, resulting in ischemia and compression of the nerve at the point where it leaves the bony tissue. Biliary disease, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Reiter syndrome, acalculus cholecystitis, pulmonary infection and low hemoglobin concentration in the absence of efficient immune system have been reported as an extraintestinal complication of Cyclospora infection. We describe Bell’s palsy in a chronic cyclosporiasis patient which is a rare occurrence.
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Tirth Raj Ghimire, MSc
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