Coronavirus Disease-19 Pneumonia with Facial Nerve Palsy and Olfactory Disturbance

Yoshito Homma; Masashi Watanabe; Koji Inoue; Tomonori Moritaka

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.5014-20

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Coronavirus Disease-19 Pneumonia with Facial Nerve Palsy and Olfactory Disturbance

Yoshito Homma, Masashi Watanabe, Koji Inoue, Tomonori Moritaka

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Keywords: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, COVID-19, facial nerve palsy, olfactory disturbance, multiple peripheral neuropathies, Kampo

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2020 Volume 59 Issue 14 Pages 1773-1775

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.5014-20

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Abstract

The novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, has spread worldwide from China. There are no case reports from Asia of COVID-19 with facial paralysis and olfactory disturbance. We herein report a case of COVID-19 pneumonia in a Japanese woman who showed facial nerve palsy and olfactory disturbance.

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