Open AccessHearing Loss and Sixth Cranial Nerve Paresis after COVID-19
Author(s) -
Noël Lorenzo Villalba,
Léa Pierre,
Javier Guerrero-Niño,
Xavier Jannot,
Emmanuel Andrès
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/2022_003221
Subject(s) - medicine , diplopia , paresis , covid-19 , hearing loss , pediatrics , viral infection , serology , surgery , audiology , pathology , immunology , virus , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , antibody
An 80-year-old patient was admitted to the internal medicine department for binocular diplopia and hearing loss with sudden onset. The patient had presented with SARS-CoV-2 infection 3 weeks previously and had been admitted to hospital. Complete work-up including autoimmunity, serum and LCR viral serology and MRI did not allow a diagnosis to be established. The hypothesis of a microvascular origin or the previous SARS-CoV-2 infection was considered. The latter was retained in light of the temporal relationship, the absence of other pathologies after exhaustive work-up, and the clinical evolution.