Blepharospasm as a tardive manifestation of COVID-19 disease: A case report

We report three cases of blepharospasms developed after a symptomatic COVID-19 infection, in order to describe a possible association between COVID-19 infection and essential blepharospasm. Blepharospasm could represent a late sign of COVID-19 infection (more than four weeks after the contagion) and...

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Autores principales: Farci, Roberta, Fossarello, Maurizio, Carta, Arturo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10228920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36727386
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1658_22
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Sumario:We report three cases of blepharospasms developed after a symptomatic COVID-19 infection, in order to describe a possible association between COVID-19 infection and essential blepharospasm. Blepharospasm could represent a late sign of COVID-19 infection (more than four weeks after the contagion) and may be triggered by the neurotropism of the coronavirus.

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