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COVID-19 and abducens nerve palsy in a 9-year-old girl-case report
Martina Capponi1, Bianca Laura Cinicola1,2, Giulia Brindisi1
1Department of Maternal Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Viale Regina Elena, 324 00161, Rome, Italy.
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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