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Presumed oculomotor nerve palsy following COVID-19 vaccination

We herein report the case of an 84-year-old female who presented to the outpatient clinic one day following her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine with mydriasis, ptosis, and a “down and out” gaze. She was subsequently diagnosed with oculomotor nerve palsy, and treated with corticost...

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Autores principales: Kerbage, Anthony, Haddad, Sara F., Haddad, Fady
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8891821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35251658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X221074454
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description We herein report the case of an 84-year-old female who presented to the outpatient clinic one day following her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine with mydriasis, ptosis, and a “down and out” gaze. She was subsequently diagnosed with oculomotor nerve palsy, and treated with corticosteroids and valacyclovir for a total of 7 days, with no clear improvement. On subsequent visits, ophthalmic examination improved steadily and showed complete resolution after 8 weeks. This article aims to report this unusual incidence that occurred following vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. It is important for physicians to identify and report abnormal occurrences which may potentially be related to the COVID-19 vaccines, in order to reach a complete understanding of their possible side effects.
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spelling pubmed-88918212022-03-04 Presumed oculomotor nerve palsy following COVID-19 vaccination Kerbage, Anthony Haddad, Sara F. Haddad, Fady SAGE Open Med Case Rep Case Report We herein report the case of an 84-year-old female who presented to the outpatient clinic one day following her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine with mydriasis, ptosis, and a “down and out” gaze. She was subsequently diagnosed with oculomotor nerve palsy, and treated with corticosteroids and valacyclovir for a total of 7 days, with no clear improvement. On subsequent visits, ophthalmic examination improved steadily and showed complete resolution after 8 weeks. This article aims to report this unusual incidence that occurred following vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. It is important for physicians to identify and report abnormal occurrences which may potentially be related to the COVID-19 vaccines, in order to reach a complete understanding of their possible side effects. SAGE Publications 2022-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8891821/ /pubmed/35251658 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X221074454 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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