Document 0040
 DOCN  M9470040
 TI    [Bell's palsy in HIV infection]
 DT    9409
 AU    Mastroianni A; Coronado O; Manfredi R; Chiodo F; Istituto Malattie
       Infettive, Universita degli Studi di Bologna.
 SO    Minerva Med. 1994 Mar;85(3):117-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94255098
 AB    Neurological complications represent one of the most important causes of
       morbidity and mortality in patients with HIV infection or AIDS. The
       peripheral nervous system is frequently involved in different stages of
       HIV disease, and the etiopathogenetic mechanisms are various. Idiopathic
       peripheral facial nerve palsy (Bell's palsy) has been considered by
       several Authors as one of the possible neurologic complications of HIV
       infection, mainly described in the early stages. As a matter of fact
       when facial palsy onsets in the late stages of the disease, when there
       is a severe immunodeficiency, usually is secondary to opportunistic
       infections, polyradiculopathy, or tumors involving the nervous system.
       To our knowledge, in the current literature there are few clinical
       studies reporting facial palsy associated to HIV infection. Since 1986
       till 1992 three HIV infected patients with Bell's palsy have come to our
       observation. All three of them were asymptomatic (CDC II) and in one of
       them was the first clinical manifestation indicating HIV infection. The
       palsy in this patient and those reported by others was self-limiting
       with a good prognosis.
 DE    Adult  Case Report  English Abstract  Facial Paralysis/*COMPLICATIONS
       Female  Human  HIV Infections/*COMPLICATIONS  Male  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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