Acute abducens nerve palsy following COVID-19 vaccination

• Published in: Journal of AAPOS Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 302 - 303
• Main Authors: Reyes-Capo, Daniela P., Stevens, Shanlee M., Cavuoto, Kara M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.10.2021; American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Published by Elsevier Inc
• Subjects: Ophthalmology; Short Report

We report the case of a healthy 59-year-old woman who presented with an acute abducens nerve palsy 2 days after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. In adults, such palsies are typically caused by microvascular disease or compressive tumors, although they have also been described after ro...