Paudel, ShailesShrestha, Mijjal GopalRamtel, RupeshBhattarai, AnayashGupta, Umang2025-11-062025-11-062022https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/3073Shailes Paudel Bhingri Primary Health Care Center, Swargadwari Municipality-04, Bhingri, Pyuthan, Nepal Mijjal Gopal Shrestha Sumeru City Hospital, Dhapakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal, 3Grande International Hospital, Dhapasi, Kathmandu, Nepal Rupesh Ramtel Sumeru City Hospital, Dhapakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal, 3Grande International Hospital, Dhapasi, Kathmandu, Nepal Anayash Bhattarai Grande International Hospital, Dhapasi, Kathmandu, Nepal Umang Gupta Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, NepalAbstract Facial paralysis is one of the common problems leading to facial deformation. COVID-19 virus rarely has been shown to be associated with facial palsy. Here we present a case of a 60-year-old woman who presented with features of left lower motor facial palsy signs along with common features suggestive of COVID-19 infection. Brain imaging did not reveal any pertinent pathology but her polymerase chain reaction for COVID-19 was positive. This case highlights the fact that acute COVID-19 infection can be considered a cause of motor neuron facial palsy in the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19. Cases with neurological features suggestive of facial palsy therefore should be suspected of acute COVID-19 infection based on other pertinent findings of COVID-19 infection and thus polymerase chain reaction testing should be done.en-USCase reportsCOVID-19Facial palsyOther