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Case Reports
. 2020;59(14):1773-1775.
doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.5014-20. Epub 2020 Jul 15.

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

Yoshito Homma  1 , Masashi Watanabe  2 , Koji Inoue  1 , Tomonori Moritaka  1
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Case Reports

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

Yoshito Homma et al. Intern Med. 2020.

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.

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

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The authors state that they have no Conflict of Interest (COI).

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Figure 1.
Chest computed tomography detected multiple ground-glass opacities in both lungs.
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Motor weakness of the right forehead and corner of the mouth.
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