Milan S Babu¹, Syeda Shamim Fatima², Tanuj Madan¹*, DVS Mithilesh³, Jijesh Jayadevan³ and RN Harish⁴

¹Assistant Professor, Department of ENT, Military Hospital - Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
²Assistant Professor, Department of ENT, Military Hospital - Kirkee, Pune, Maharashtra
³Consultant, Department of ENT, 165 Military Hospital - Dimapur, Assam, India
⁴Junior Resident-I, Department of ENT, Command Hospital- Kolkata, Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

*Corresponding Author: Tanuj Madan, Assistant Professor, Department of ENT, Military Hospital - Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Received: June 04, 2025; Published: June 20, 2025

Abstract

COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by WHO during April 2020. Large scale spread of disease necessitated the development of novel COVID-19 vaccines. Few cases of LMN facial palsies were reported during its clinical trial as well as during its use in general population. A case of LMN Facial palsy in a 22 year old male patient managed at our centre following second dose of COVID-19 vaccination is being reported here

Keywords: COVID-19; Facial Palsy; Bell’s Palsy; COVID Vaccination

References

1. World Health Organization. “COVID-19 vaccines: safety surveillance manual”.
2. US Food and Drug Administration. “Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization review memorandum” (2020).
3. US Food and Drug Administration. “Moderna COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization review memorandum” (2020).
4. Mazur M., et al. “Facial and Oral Manifestations Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Survey-Based Study and a First Perspective”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health9 (2021): 4965.

Citation

Citation: Milan., et al. “LMN Facial Palsy After Second Dose of COVID Vaccine: A Case Report".Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 7.7 (2025): 32-34.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2025 Tanuj Madan., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.