| Literature DB >> 25755411 |
Ashish K Jha1, Sandeep Nijhawan1, Subhash Nepalia1, Arya Suchismita1.
Abstract
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a common cause of acute hepatitis in India and other developing countries. The data regarding the neurologic manifestation of HEV infection are limited. The neurologic disorders including Guillain-Barré syndrome, polyradiculopathy, neuralgic amyotrophy, encephalitis, bilateral brachial neuritis, ataxia/proximal myopathy, and acute transverse myelitis have been described. Bell's palsy and other cranial nerve involvement in hepatitis A virus (HAV) and HEV infection are rare. We present the second case of Bell's palsy associated with HEV.Entities:
Keywords: Bell's palsy; CNS, central nervous systems; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; HEV, hepatitis E virus; HSV, herpes simplex virus; LMN, lower motor neuron; PEG-IFN, pegylated-interferon; facial nerve palsy; hepatitis E virus infection
Year: 2012 PMID: 25755411 PMCID: PMC3940373 DOI: 10.1016/S0973-6883(12)60082-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Exp Hepatol ISSN: 0973-6883