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ArticleBMC ophthalmology2023

Neuro-ophthalmologic symptoms after coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination: a retrospective study.

Kyumin Kang, Se Youp Lee, Dong Cheol Lee

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Article in BMC ophthalmology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. COVID-19-Related Diplopia and Its Treatment.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kyumin KangDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Keimyung University, 1095 Dalgubeol-Daero, Dalseo-Gu, Daegu, 42601, Republic of Korea.
Se Youp LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Keimyung University, 1095 Dalgubeol-Daero, Dalseo-Gu, Daegu, 42601, Republic of Korea.
Dong Cheol LeeDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Keimyung University, 1095 Dalgubeol-Daero, Dalseo-Gu, Daegu, 42601, Republic of Korea. tking33@naver.com.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere have been several studies on inflammatory ophthalmic diseases; however, few studies have reported neuro-ophthalmological symptoms, such as diplopia and ocular motor nerve palsy, after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination. Therefore, this study aimed to report neuro-ophthalmological symptoms in patients after COVID-19 vaccination.

methodsThis was a retrospective study based on the medical records of 10 patients who visited our ophthalmology clinic in 2021 with symptoms, such as diplopia (nine patients) and decreased visual acuity (one patient), and showed findings, such as ocular motor nerve palsy, after vaccination against COVID-19.

resultsOne patient had third nerve palsy, two had sixth nerve palsy, and five had fourth nerve palsy. One patient complained of subjective binocular diplopia but all test results were normal. One patient presented with decreased visual acuity accompanied by a sudden increase in intraocular pressure and orbital cellulitis in the other eye. The symptoms improved gradually in most patients. Compared with previous studies, this study reported three cases of antiplatelet therapy that was initiated due to the older age of the patients and underlying diseases.

conclusionAs COVID-19 vaccines can cause neuro-ophthalmological diseases, such as ocular motor nerve palsy, patients' age and underlying diseases should be considered while administering them.

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Abducens Nerve DiseasesCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesDiplopiaHumansParalysisRetrospective StudiesCOVID-19 VaccinesCoronavirusCOVID-19OphthalmologyVaccines

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