PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hutchins, K.L.
AU  - Jansen, J.H.
AU  - Comer, A.D.
AU  - Scheer, R.V.
AU  - Zahn, G.S.
AU  - Capps, A.E.
AU  - Weaver, L.M.
AU  - Koontz, N.A.
TI  - COVID-19–Associated Bifacial Weakness with Paresthesia Subtype of Guillain-Barré Syndrome
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A6654
DP  - 2020 Sep 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1707--1711
VI  - 41
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/41/9/1707.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/41/9/1707.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2020 Sep 01; 41
AB  - SUMMARY: We report a case of bifacial weakness with paresthesia, a recognized Guillain-Barré syndrome subtype characterized by rapidly progressive facial weakness and paresthesia without ataxia or other cranial neuropathies, which was temporally associated with antecedent coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). This case highlights a potentially novel but critically important neurologic association of the COVID-19 disease process. Herein, we detail the clinicoradiologic work-up and diagnosis, clinical course, and multidisciplinary medical management of this patient with COVID-19. This case is illustrative of the increasingly recognized but potentially underreported neurologic manifestations of COVID-19, which must be considered and further investigated in this pandemic disease.BFPbifacial weakness with paresthesiaCNcranial nerveCOVID-19coronavirus 2019GBSGuillain-Barré syndromeHSVherpes simplex virusIgimmunoglobulinPCRpolymerase chain reactionSARS-CoV-2Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2