Isolated Sixth Nerve Palsy and COVID-19: A Recurrent Case in a 7-Month-Old Child and Analysis of Reported Cases.
Grace E BaldwinEric D GaierLauren M HenneinPublished in: Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (2023)
Isolated CN6 palsy from COVID-19 is rare, can occur in infants as young as 7 months, and can be recurrent. Longer latency from systemic symptoms onset portends greater recovery times, and this relationship may reflect multiple mechanisms by which COVID-19 (and/or an immune response thereto) causes cranial neuropathies with direct clinical relevance.