Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2023 Feb;71(2):669-670.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1658_22.

Blepharospasm as a tardive manifestation of COVID-19 disease: A case report

Roberta Farci  1 , Maurizio Fossarello  1 , Arturo Carta  2
Affiliations
Case Reports

Blepharospasm as a tardive manifestation of COVID-19 disease: A case report

Roberta Farci et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2023 Feb.

Abstract

We report three cases of blepharospasms developed after a symptomatic COVID-19 infection, in order to describe a possible association between COVID-19 infection and essential blepharospasm. Blepharospasm could represent a late sign of COVID-19 infection (more than four weeks after the contagion) and may be triggered by the neurotropism of the coronavirus.

Keywords: 2020 pandemic; COVID-19; blepharospasm; facial dystonia.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

None

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Image of the blepharospasm of the Patient no. 2
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Comment on

References

    1. Amesty MA, AlióDel Barrio JL, Alió JL. COVID-19 Disease and ophthalmology:An update. Ophthalmol Ther. 2020;9:1–12. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Yong SJ. Long COVID or post-COVID-19 syndrome:Putative pathophysiology, risk factors, and treatments. Infect Dis (Lond) 2021;53:737–54. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Loon S-C, Teoh SCB, Oon LLE, Se-Thoe SY, Ling AE, Leo YS, et al. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus in tears. Br J Ophthalmol. 2004;88:861–3. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Carta A, Bellucci C, Tagliavini V, Turco EC, Farci R, Cerasti D, et al. Atypical presentation of juvenile multiple sclerosis in a patient with COVID-19. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2022:11206721221113910. doi:10.1177/11206721221113910. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Netland J., Meyerholz D. K, Moore S, Cassell M, Perlman S. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection cause neuronal death in the absence of encephalitis in mice transgenic for human ACE2. J Virol. 2008;82:7264–75. - PMC - PubMed