An overview of third, fourth and sixth cranial nerve palsies in the setting of COVID-19: A case report and systematic review
Department
Medicine
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Medicine
Abstract
Background: Covid-19 has serious sequelae that may be poorly understood, underreported, and, as a result, not diagnosed promptly, such as variations in clinical manifestations of hyperinflammation among people infected with SARS-CoV-2. ophthalmoplegia can be one of these manifestations.
Methods: We are reporting a 55-year-old male patient with unilateral diplopia considering it as a case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults. We also reviewed the literature systematically for the previously reported studies/cases with third, fourth and sixth cranial nerve palsies due to or after Covid-19.
Results: The literature search yielded 17 studies reporting 29 patients. 71.4% of the patients were males with a mean age of 42.23 years. Ophthalmological symptoms took 9.7 days to appear after the respiratory involvement. All patients had diplopia as part of their visual symptoms. 41.4% of the patients had unilateral sixth nerve palsy, 24% had bilateral sixth nerve involvement, 17% had fourth nerve involvement, and 27.6% had third nerve involvement.
Conclusion: Ophthalmoplegia is considered presenting symptom of Covid-19. Further research is needed to detect all neuro-ophthalmological manifestations of Covid-19.
First Page
e32023
DOI
10.1097/MD.0000000000032023
Volume
101
Issue
49
Publication Date
12-2022
PubMed ID
36626529
Recommended Citation
Meshref, M., Shaheen, N., & Reda Mostafa, M. (2022). An overview of third, fourth and sixth cranial nerve palsies in the setting of COVID-19: A case report and systematic review. Medicine, 101 (49), e32023. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000032023
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