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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 36, 2004 - Issue 1
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Case Report

Bilateral facial nerve palsy associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection with a review of the literature

Kihei Terada From the Department of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, 701-0192, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Takahiro Niizuma From the Department of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, 701-0192, Japan
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Yasuko Kosaka From the Department of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, 701-0192, Japan
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Miwa Inoue From the Department of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, 701-0192, Japan
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Satoko Ogita From the Department of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, 701-0192, Japan
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Naoki Kataoka From the Department of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, 701-0192, Japan
Pages 75-77 | Received 24 Jun 2003, Accepted 10 Oct 2003, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

A case of bilateral simultaneous facial nerve palsy associated with an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in a 14-month-old girl is described. Diagnosis of the EBV infection was based on the presence of 7% atypical lymphocytes, EBV-DNA and seroconversion in the VCA-IgG antibody, an EBV-specific antibody. Although bilateral facial nerve palsy is very rare, approximately 40% of the EBV-associated facial nerve palsy cases reported have been bilateral.

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