Facial neuritis in coronavirus disease 2019 associated mucormycosis: study on clinico-radiological correlates.
Avinash Shekhar JaiswalK SikkaA S BhallaS ManchandaG GoelHitesh VermaA ThakarPublished in: The Journal of laryngology and otology (2022)
The likely explanation for facial palsy in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 associated mucormycosis, backed by radiology, is the disease abutting the facial nerve at the stylomastoid foramen and causing ascending neuritis of the facial nerve.