J Korean Child Neurol Soc.
2000 Dec;8(2):337-341.
A Case of Facial Nerve Palsy Associated with Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in a Child
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Neurology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Department of Clinical Pathology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Facial palsy is a rare complication of infectious mononucleosis of Epstein-Barr virus infection, which can be easily overlooked by clinicians if one is unnoticed about it. We report a 2 year and 11 month old boy who was diagnosed by facial nerve palsy caused by Epstein-Barr virus infection. Pseudothrombocytopenia was also associated with him. Steroid (prednisolone 2mg/kg) was administered daily for 2 weeks and then maintained with alternative tapering schedule (2mg/kg at once QOD) in order to decompress facial nerve. He was completely recovered at 2 months of follow-up.
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