Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona- virus 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 under- lying the neuropathy, as opposed to direct viral in ltration. Despite being rare, this complication must be taken into account.

COVID-19 and abducens nerve palsy in a 9-year-old girl—case report / Capponi, Martina; Cinicola, BIANCA LAURA; Brindisi, Giulia; Guido, Cristiana Alessia; Cristina Torcé, Maria; Zicari, Anna Maria; Spalice, Alberto. - In: THE ITALIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. - ISSN 1824-7288. - (2022). [10.1186/s13052-022-01298-3]

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

Martina Capponi;Bianca Laura Cinicola;Giulia Brindisi;Cristiana Alessia Guido;Anna Maria Zicari;Alberto Spalice
2022

Abstract

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona- virus 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 under- lying the neuropathy, as opposed to direct viral in ltration. Despite being rare, this complication must be taken into account.
2022
Keywords: COVID-19, Abducens nerve palsy, Diplopia, Brain MRI
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COVID-19 and abducens nerve palsy in a 9-year-old girl—case report / Capponi, Martina; Cinicola, BIANCA LAURA; Brindisi, Giulia; Guido, Cristiana Alessia; Cristina Torcé, Maria; Zicari, Anna Maria; Spalice, Alberto. - In: THE ITALIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. - ISSN 1824-7288. - (2022). [10.1186/s13052-022-01298-3]
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