Júlia N Widmer-Pintos¹*, Sofía del-Pozo-Lérida¹, Consuelo Arnaldos-López¹, Noelia Barriga-Barrios¹, Laura Sararols-Ramsay¹, Hugo Gonzalez-Valdivia² and Mercè Guarro-Miralles¹

¹Ophthalmology Department, Hospital General de Granollers, Barcelona, Spain
²Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

*Corresponding Author: Júlia N Widmer-Pintos, Ophthalmology Department, Hospital General de Granollers, Barcelona, Spain.

Received: April 27, 2022; Published: May 18, 2022

Abstract

Purpose: This paper aims to raise suspicion in clinicians for COVID-19 infection in the setting of a third nerve palsy of unknown origin.

Case Report: We report the case of a previously healthy 46-year-old male presenting with an acute onset of binocular diplopia, right eye strabismus, and right eye ptosis 1 day before being tested positive on an antigen test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

Outcome: The patient successfully recovered 1 week after oral corticosteroid treatment.

Conclusion: Our patient’s case, together with other reported cases, adds evidence suggesting a correlation between SARS-CoV-2 infection and III cranial nerve palsy.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Diplopia; III Cranial Nerve Palsy; Strabismus

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Citation

Citation: Júlia N Widmer-Pintos., et al. “Incomplete Third Cranial Nerve Palsy Presenting with Binocular Diplopia and Strabismus in a Patient with COVID-19".Acta Scientific Ophthalmology 5.6 (2022): 72-75.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2022 Júlia N Widmer-Pintos., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.