COVID-19 presenting with nystagmus

Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol. 2021 Apr;96(4):224-226. doi: 10.1016/j.oftal.2020.09.008. Epub 2020 Nov 6.ABSTRACTThis case reports a 20-year-old female patient who was in northern Italy when the state of emergency was declared on the 31st of January 2020, developing 15 days after return to Spain upper respiratory symptoms characterized by fever, headache and anosmia that was treated as sinusitis. Three weeks later presented with dizziness and an intermittent horizontal nystagmus with rotatory component. Otorhinolaryngology and neurological examination including MRI were normal. COVID-19 IgG antibodies where positive. In the context of the ongoing pandemic, and associating the symptoms with positive IgG antibodies, we can consider the infection of SARS-CoV-2 as a probable cause of the acquired nystagmus.PMID:38620650 | PMC:PMC7834616 | DOI:10.1016/j.oftal.2020.09.008
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