COVID-19 and abducens nerve palsy in a 9-year-old girl—case report

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 st...

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Autores principales: Capponi, Martina, Cinicola, Bianca Laura, Brindisi, Giulia, Guido, Cristiana Alessia, Torcé, Maria Cristina, Zicari, Anna Maria, Spalice, Alberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9206130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35717391
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13052-022-01298-3
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Sumario: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.

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