Abstract

MUNOZ-LOMBO, Jenny Patricia; QUINTERO-GONZALEZ, Diana Carolina; CARDENAS-PRIETO, José Mauricio  and  CASANOVA-VALDERRAMA, María Eugenia. Facial diplegia as a manifestation of neuroleptospirosis. Acta Med Colomb [online]. 2021, vol.46, n.2, pp.39-41.  Epub Nov 24, 2021. ISSN 0120-2448.  https://doi.org/10.36104/amc.2021.1947.

This case series describes the clinical and paraclinical findings in two young men with bilateral peripheral facial palsy or facial diplegia during the convalescent period of leptospirosis, who recovered neurologically without sequelae. This highlights the role of spirochetes in the development of an atypical and rare variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome. (Acta Med Colomb 2021; 46. DOI:https://doi.org/10.36104/amc.2021.1947).

Keywords : febrile syndrome; leptospirosis; neurological manifesta tions; facial diplegia; Guillain-Barre syndrome; Colombia.

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