A Case of Facial Nerve Palsy Associated with Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in a Child.
- Author:
Hae Kyoung LEE
1
;
Sang Beom KIM
;
Chang Hee OH
;
Je Woo KIM
;
He Sun YUN
;
Seong Hee HWANG
;
Won Keun SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Facial palsy;
Epstein-Barr virus;
Infection;
Child
- MeSH:
Appointments and Schedules;
Child*;
Facial Nerve*;
Facial Paralysis;
Follow-Up Studies;
Herpesvirus 4, Human*;
Humans;
Infant;
Infectious Mononucleosis;
Male;
Paralysis*
- From:
Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society
2000;8(2):337-341
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
