Facial Nerve Palsy in a Patient with Acute Pancreatitis: A Complication of Systemic Inflammation or a Mere Co-existence?

  • Yuvaraj Bhusal Department of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine, Nepal Mediciti Hospital
  • Sanjeet Bhattarai Department of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine, Nepal Mediciti Hospital
  • Sulav Rayamajhi Department of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine, Nepal Mediciti Hospital
  • Sanjeet Krishna Shrestha Department of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine, Nepal Mediciti Hospital

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis can trigger a systemic inflammatory response leading to wide range of complications that could be local or systemic. Viruses have been implicated in most of the infective etiology of acute pancreatitis. Cranial nerve palsy in acute pancreatitis patient is a rare event. A 35-year-old male had mild pancreatitis which resolved with treatment. After a week of admission, he developed right sided facial palsy which gradually improved with oral steroids, acyclovir, and physiotherapy. Whether it was a complication of acute pancreatitis or a mere co-existence secondary to some infective cause could not be proven.
Keywords: Acute pancreatitis; facial nerve palsy; viruses

Published
2021-12-15
How to Cite
BhusalY., BhattaraiS., RayamajhiS., & ShresthaS. K. (2021). Facial Nerve Palsy in a Patient with Acute Pancreatitis: A Complication of Systemic Inflammation or a Mere Co-existence?. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 19(03), 638-640. https://doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v19i3.3508