Sir,
Isolated facial palsy as a neurological complication of varicella is reported. [1],[2],[3],[4],[5] As such neurological complications caused by varicella are estimated to occur in approximately 0.01-0.03% of infections. Frequent neurologic complications of varicella are cerebellar ataxia and encephalitis while the rare complications are transverse myelitis, aseptic meningitis, Guillain-Barrι syndrome, meningo-encephalitis, ventriculitis, optic neuritis, delayed contralateral hemiparesis, peripheral motor neuropathy, cerebral angiitis, Reye's syndrome, and facial paralysis. [1]
Ten days after varicella (chicken pox), a 26-year-old house wife presented with a left facial palsy ...