Bilateral Bell palsy and acute HIV type 1 infection: report of 2 cases and review.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
Two adult patients who presented to a hospital with bilateral facial Bell palsy who were also experiencing human immunodeficiency virus type 1 seroconversion are described. Ten additional cases retrieved from the literature are also reviewed. Bell palsy appeared a median of 15 days after the beginning of the clinical disease, and aseptic meningitis was an invariable concomitant of facial neuropathy. All but 1 patient (8.3%) recovered without sequelae.
Medical subject headings
- Bell Palsy
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1