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Bilateral sequential facial palsy during chickenpox

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Facial palsy is a rare neurological complication of chickenpox. A 5-year-old girl exhibited a right facial palsy followed by the appearance of the characteristic chicken pox exanthem. Subsequently she suffered a left facial palsy. In this patient both pathophysiological mechanisms responsible and their relation to the phase of infection are illustrated.

Conclusion Facial palsy as a complication of chickenpox can result from pre-eruptive haematogenous or neurogenous spread of varicella-zoster virus.

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, St. Antonius Hospital, Koekoekslaan 1, 3534 CM Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, Tel.: +30-609-9111, Fax: +30-609-2999, , , , , , NL

    M. van der Flier, C. van Koppenhagen & J. A. A. M. van Diemen-Steenvoorde

  2. Department of Otolaryngology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, , , , , , NL

    F. J. M. Disch

  3. Department of Neurology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, , , , , , NL

    H. W. Mauser

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, , , , , , NL

    J. H. G. M. Bistervels

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  1. M. van der Flier
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Received: 1 October 1998 / Accepted: 29 January 1999

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van der Flier, M., van Koppenhagen, C., Disch, F. et al. Bilateral sequential facial palsy during chickenpox. Eur J Pediatr 158, 807–808 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004310051210

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