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Ital J Pediatr
. 2022 Jun 18;48(1):102.
doi: 10.1186/s13052-022-01298-3.
COVID-19 and abducens nerve palsy in a 9-year-old girl-case report
Martina Capponi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Bianca Laura Cinicola[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Giulia Brindisi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cristiana Alessia Guido[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Maria Cristina Torcé[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Anna Maria Zicari[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alberto Spalice[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Although many reports have detailed a range of neurological symptoms in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients, studies of neuro-ophthalmological manifestations are still scarce.
Case presentation: We report a 9-year-old girl with abducens nerve palsy after COVID-19 with no evidence of other neurological disease on neuroimaging. At 2-month follow-up clinical conditions were improved.
Conclusions: The palsy may have occurred due to a possible post-infectious immune-mediated mechanism underlying the neuropathy, as opposed to direct viral infiltration. Despite being rare, this complication must be taken into account.
Keywords: Abducens nerve palsy; Brain MRI; COVID-19; Diplopia.
. 2022 Jun 18;48(1):102.
doi: 10.1186/s13052-022-01298-3.
COVID-19 and abducens nerve palsy in a 9-year-old girl-case report
Martina Capponi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Bianca Laura Cinicola[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Giulia Brindisi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cristiana Alessia Guido[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Maria Cristina Torcé[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Anna Maria Zicari[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alberto Spalice[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 35717391
- DOI: 10.1186/s13052-022-01298-3
Abstract
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Although many reports have detailed a range of neurological symptoms in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients, studies of neuro-ophthalmological manifestations are still scarce.
Case presentation: We report a 9-year-old girl with abducens nerve palsy after COVID-19 with no evidence of other neurological disease on neuroimaging. At 2-month follow-up clinical conditions were improved.
Conclusions: The palsy may have occurred due to a possible post-infectious immune-mediated mechanism underlying the neuropathy, as opposed to direct viral infiltration. Despite being rare, this complication must be taken into account.
Keywords: Abducens nerve palsy; Brain MRI; COVID-19; Diplopia.