• Internal medicine · Oct 2022

    Case Reports

    Loss of Taste as an Initial Symptom of a "Facial Diplegia and Paresthesia" Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome.

    • Akiyuki Hiraga, Mayumi Muto, and Satoshi Kuwabara.
    • Department of Neurology, Chiba Rosai Hospital, Japan.
    • Intern. Med. 2022 Oct 1; 61 (19): 2957-2959.

    AbstractLoss of taste is a relatively common symptom of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and has also been considered a rare Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) symptom. We herein report a case of a facial diplegia and paresthesia (FDP) variant of GBS that initially presented as a loss of taste occurring two weeks after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination. The patient recovered completely after intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. Clinicians should consider the possibility of post-vaccination FDP manifesting as facial palsy and should be aware that GBS, including the FDP variant, can initially present as an isolated loss of taste.

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