International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 190-191, December 2010

Two different forms of mumps-associated facial palsy

  • Tatsuo Fuchigami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-Kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
    • Department of General Pediatrics, Nihon University Nerima Hikarigaoka Hospital, 2-11-1 Hikarigaoka, Nerima-ku, Tokyo 179-0072, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of General Pediatrics, Nihon University Nerima Hikarigaoka Hospital, Nihon University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Hikarigaoka, Nerima-ku, Tokyo 179-0072, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 3979 3611; fax: +81 3 3979 3787.
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  • Ikuko Kimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-Kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Yokosuka City Hospital, 1-3-2 Nagasaka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 246-0195, Japan
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  • Junichi Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-Kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
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  • Michio Miyashita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-Kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
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  • Kenichi Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-Kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Yokosuka City Hospital, 1-3-2 Nagasaka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 246-0195, Japan
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  • Koji Hashimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-Kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
    • Department of General Pediatrics, Nihon University Nerima Hikarigaoka Hospital, 2-11-1 Hikarigaoka, Nerima-ku, Tokyo 179-0072, Japan
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  • Yukihiko Fujita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-Kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
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  • Yasuji Inamo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-Kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
    • Department of General Pediatrics, Nihon University Nerima Hikarigaoka Hospital, 2-11-1 Hikarigaoka, Nerima-ku, Tokyo 179-0072, Japan
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  • Hideo Mugishima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-Kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan

Received 27 August 2009; received in revised form 5 October 2009; accepted 8 October 2009. published online 09 November 2009.

Abstract 

Peripheral facial nerve paralysis is relatively common in the pediatric age group. Infectious agents convincingly associated with acute facial palsy include varicella-zoster virus, herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, Epstein–Barr virus, rubella virus, and more recently, human immunodeficiency virus. However, facial palsy has rarely been documented in patients with mumps virus infection. Facial palsy caused by mumps infection is believed to exist in two distinct forms, one representing an initial infection with mumps parotitis and another representing a reinfection without parotitis. We recently saw the two different forms of mumps-associated facial palsy with and without parotitis.

Keywords: Epidemic parotitis, Facial palsy, Mumps

 

PII: S1871-4048(09)00063-X

doi:10.1016/j.pedex.2009.10.005

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Extra
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 190-191, December 2010

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