Peripheral Facial Paralysis After COVID-19 BioNTech ® Vaccine

Year 2023, Volume: 5 Issue: 3, 29 - 30, 31.12.2023

Alper Taşkın , Anıl Yoldaş , Ali Karakuş

https://doi.org/10.51262/ejtox.1377735

Abstract

Bell's palsy, also known as acute peripheral facial nerve palsy of unknown cause, commonly manifests with sudden onset of unilateral facial paralysis. This case report describes two patients who has bell’s palsy after their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Keywords

Bell, Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, side effect

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