An overview of third, fourth and sixth cranial nerve palsies in the setting of COVID-19: A case report and systematic review.


Journal

Medicine
ISSN: 1536-5964
Titre abrégé: Medicine (Baltimore)
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 2985248R

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
09 Dec 2022
Historique:
entrez: 10 1 2023
pubmed: 11 1 2023
medline: 13 1 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

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. 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. 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. Ophthalmoplegia is considered presenting symptom of Covid-19. Further research is needed to detect all neuro-ophthalmological manifestations of Covid-19.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND 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 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 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 CONCLUSIONS
Ophthalmoplegia is considered presenting symptom of Covid-19. Further research is needed to detect all neuro-ophthalmological manifestations of Covid-19.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36626529
doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000032023
pii: 00005792-202212090-00043
pmc: PMC9750665
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article Systematic Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

e32023

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have no funding and conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Auteurs

Mostafa Meshref (M)

Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Nour Shaheen (N)

Alexandria University, Alexandria Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt.

Sarya Swed (S)

Aleppo University, Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo, Syria.

Mohamed Ibrahim (M)

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Wickford, UK.

Mostafa Reda Mostafa (MR)

Rochester Regional Health/Unity Hospital, Rochester, USA.

Mohamed Osman Algazar (MO)

Resident of Neurology, Alharam Hospital, Giza, Egypt.

Monica Dobs (M)

University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville, Jacksonville, USA.

Sarah Ibrahim Elsayed (SI)

Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.

Yara Amro (Y)

Pharmacist Ministry of Health, Cairo, Egypt.

Ahmed Afsa (A)

Emergency Department, Pilgrim Hospital, United Lincolnshire NHS Trust, Boston, UK.

Mostafa Ebraheem Morra (ME)

Gastroenterology Department, Pilgrim Hospital, United Lincolnshire NHS Trust, Boston, UK.

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