PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kubra Isik
AU  - Gulin Morkavuk
AU  - Guray Koc
AU  - Zeki Odabasi
TI  - Sjogren’s syndrome associated with bilateral peripheral facial paralysis
AID  - 10.17712/nsj.2021.4.20210036
DP  - 2021 Oct 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 389--391
VI  - 26
IP  - 4
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/26/4/389.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/26/4/389.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2021 Oct 01; 26
AB  - Sjogren’s Syndrome (SS) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that may be complicated by neurological dysfunctions. The involvement of cranial nerves in SS was described as a very rare complication. Moreover, bilateral peripheral facial paralysis associated with SS has been described only in 3 patients in the literature and the first case was described by Henrik Sjogren himself in 1935. We report a 59-year-old female with bilateral peripheral facial paralysis associated with Sjogren’s syndrome. She was treated with 5-day IVIG consecutively and continued oral methylprednisolone 16mg/day and almost fully recovered at 2 months of follow-up examination. Acute bilateral peripheral facial palsy in SS is a very rare condition and Lyme disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome, HIV infection, and central nervous system lymphoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis. As a result, SS should be considered as an underlying cause of bilateral facial paralysis.