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Editor, Senior Moderator
Intern Med
. 2022 May 31.
doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.9752-22. Online ahead of print.
Delayed Acute Perimyocarditis and Bilateral Facial Nerve Palsy in a Patient with COVID-19
Kazuki Matsumura[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hiroaki Kawano[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Masaya Kurobe[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ryohei Akashi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Tsuyoshi Yoshimuta[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Satoshi Ikeda[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nozomi Ueki[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Masahiro Nakashima[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Koji Maemura[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
A 41-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital with acute perimyocarditis 4 weeks after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Ten days after admission, the patient showed bilateral facial nerve palsy in the course of improvement of perimyocarditis under treatment with aspirin and colchicine. After prednisolone therapy, perimyocarditis completely improved, and the facial nerve palsy gradually improved. Acute perimyocarditis and facial nerve palsy can occur even four weeks after contracting COVID-19.
Keywords: pathology; viral infection.
. 2022 May 31.
doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.9752-22. Online ahead of print.
Delayed Acute Perimyocarditis and Bilateral Facial Nerve Palsy in a Patient with COVID-19
Kazuki Matsumura[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hiroaki Kawano[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Masaya Kurobe[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ryohei Akashi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Tsuyoshi Yoshimuta[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Satoshi Ikeda[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nozomi Ueki[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Masahiro Nakashima[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Koji Maemura[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35650137
- DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.9752-22
Abstract
A 41-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital with acute perimyocarditis 4 weeks after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Ten days after admission, the patient showed bilateral facial nerve palsy in the course of improvement of perimyocarditis under treatment with aspirin and colchicine. After prednisolone therapy, perimyocarditis completely improved, and the facial nerve palsy gradually improved. Acute perimyocarditis and facial nerve palsy can occur even four weeks after contracting COVID-19.
Keywords: pathology; viral infection.