2015
DOI: 10.1017/cem.2015.83
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Bilateral facial nerve palsy as the sole initial symptom of syphilis: a case report

Abstract: Bilateral facial nerve palsy is an exceedingly rare condition and presents a diagnostic challenge. Bilateral facial nerve palsy may result from cranial trauma, congenital abnormalities, inflammation, infiltration, or infection, but is rarely associated with syphilis. Here, we report a case of syphilis in which bilateral facial nerve palsy was the only initial symptom.A 22-year-old man presented at our emergency department with isolated bilateral facial nerve palsy. Results for initial serum and cerebrospinal f… Show more

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“…One cause may be an inflammation process of the nerve or the surrounding tissue [22,23] after wound healing. But also direct pressure on the nerve [15,24] caused for instance by the cochlear implant electrode, an infection or reactivation of herpes viruses [25] or other factors [26][27][28] may be a reason. However, surgical edema is unlikely to be an etiological factor in delayed onset FN palsy [29].…”
Section: Results Divided According To Time Of Onsetmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…One cause may be an inflammation process of the nerve or the surrounding tissue [22,23] after wound healing. But also direct pressure on the nerve [15,24] caused for instance by the cochlear implant electrode, an infection or reactivation of herpes viruses [25] or other factors [26][27][28] may be a reason. However, surgical edema is unlikely to be an etiological factor in delayed onset FN palsy [29].…”
Section: Results Divided According To Time Of Onsetmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While facial mono-plegia, is usually idiopathic, facial bi-plegia usually has an inflammatory, infectious, neoplastic, traumatic or metabolic aetiology, 2. Previously, it has been reported as a very rare presentation of acute HIV or syphilis infection, 3 4…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fehldiagnose leicht möglich ist [34]. Die Fazialisparese kann hierbei sowohl isoliert einseitig als auch beidseitig sowie in Kombination mit weiteren Hirnnervenausfällen auftreten [34,35,36,37,38]. In den veröffentlichten Case Reports ist hierbei am häufigsten eine zusätzliche Beteiligung des Nervus vestibulocochlearis beschrieben [34,35,38,39,36,40,41].…”
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“…Eine klinische Studie zum Nutzen der zusätzlichen Gabe von Kortikosteroiden gibt es nicht. Jedoch zeigt sich in Fallberichten, dass sich die Fazialisparese auch unter zunächst alleiniger Kortikoidsteroidgabe bei noch nicht diagnostizierter Syphilis verbessern kann [37,70,34,36], sodass eine kombinierte Therapie zu diskutieren und durchaus zu empfehlen ist. In den Fallberichten variieren die angegebenen Therapien von 30 mg pro Tag Prednisolon p. o. mit Reduzierung um 5-10 mg alle 5 Tage und 60 mg Prednisolon p. o. für 10 Tage [34,70].…”
Section: Therapie Der Syphilisunclassified