Journal
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Volume 61, Issue 19, Pages 2957-2959Publisher
JAPAN SOC INTERNAL MEDICINE
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.9781-22
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loss of taste; gustatory disorders; facial diplegia and paresthesia; Guillain-Barr? syndrome; coronavirus disease 2019; vaccination
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- Japan Organization of Occupational Health and Safety
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Loss of taste can be a symptom of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) after COVID-19 vaccination. Clinicians should be aware of this possibility and provide timely treatment.
Loss of taste is a relatively common symptom of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and has also been considered a rare Guillain-Barre 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. Clini-cians 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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