Nuclear bilateral Bell's palsy and ageusia associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pulmonary infection

J Med Microbiol. 2005 Apr;54(Pt 4):417-419. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.45859-0.

Abstract

This case report describes a case of nuclear bilateral Bell's palsy and ageusia associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Magnetic resonance imaging evidenced T2-weighted hyper-intense protuberantial lesions. Such topography leading to a nuclear palsy contrasts with previously reported infectious diplegia involving only peripheral facial nerves, and has not yet been described in the spectrum of M. pneumoniae post-infectious neurological manifestations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Ageusia / microbiology*
  • Bell Palsy / microbiology*
  • Erythema / microbiology
  • Functional Laterality
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / complications*