Radiology

Pathology

Pediatrics

Disease

Diplopia

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Infectious disease (medical specialty)

Magnetic resonance imaging

Surgery

Virology

Vaccination

Alternative medicine

Sequela

Abducens nerve

Palsy

Sixth nerve palsy

Medicine

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

We present the case of a 23-year-old young man with left-eye abducens nerve palsy following the COVID-19 vaccination. Given the temporal relationship between vaccination and the onset of symptoms, the lack of systemic history, and unremarkable magnetic resonance imaging, the patient's abducens nerve palsy was related to his vaccination. The ophthalmologist should be aware of this neurotropic sequela of COVID-19 vaccination in young adults.

Acute abducens nerve palsy after COVID-19 vaccination in a young adult