Thalitta Mendes Cavalcante, Vanessa Terezinha Gubert, Carolina de Deus Lima, Larissa Anjos Luciano, Mariana Garcia Croda, James Venturini, Antonio Luiz Dal Bello Gasparoto, Wellyngton Matheus Souza Santiago, Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro, Fernanda Paes Reis, Ana Paula da Costa Marques, Aline Pedroso Lorenz, Wellington Santos Fava, Marina Castilhos Souza Umaki Zardin, Cláudia Elizabeth Volpe Chaves, Gabriel Pereira Braga, Anamaria Mello Miranda Paniago, Sandra Maria do Valle Leone de Oliveira
Peripheral facial paralysis (PFP) has been shown to be a neurological manifestation of COVID-19. The current study presents two cases of PFP after COVID-19, along with a rapid review of known cases in the literature. Both case reports were conducted following CARE guidelines. We also performed a systematic review of PFP cases temporally related to COVID-19 using PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases on August 30, 2021, using a rapid review methodology. The two patients experienced PFP 102 and 110 days after COVID-19 symptom onset...
2022: Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases