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Khan HA, Shahzad MA, Jahangir S, Iqbal J, Juwa SA, Khan QA, Khan N, Afzal M, Iqbal F. Eyelid Myokymia—a Presumed Manifestation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). SN COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL MEDICINE 2022; 4:29. [PMID: 35036848 PMCID: PMC8743236 DOI: 10.1007/s42399-021-01094-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to report eyelid myokymia in patients recently recovered from COVID-19 disease. A cohort of 15 patients who developed eyelid myokymia during or immediate post-recovery of systemic disease were evaluated. Demographic, clinical characteristics, effect of age, and hospitalization on the disease course were studied. The disease course was evaluated every month for 3 months period. All, except 2, patients had complete resolution of lid myokymia within 3 months of onset. Median [IQR] myokymia recovery time was 42 [31,60] days. Age and duration of hospitalization had a significant linear relationship with myokymia recovery time. Recovery was delayed by 2.64 days with every 1-year increment in age and by 6.19 days with every additional day of hospital stay. Recovery time was independent of severity of systemic disease (P = .055) and gender (P = 0.2). Eyelid myokymia can be a possible manifestation of COVID-19 recovery phase. While myokymia recovers gradually in all these patients, older age and a longer duration of hospitalization are associated with slower recovery.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hashim Ali Khan
- Department of Ophthalmology, SEHHAT Foundation Hospital, Main KKH, Danyore, Gilgit Pakistan
- School of Optometry, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- School of Optometry, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, SEHHAT Foundation Hospital, Main KKH, Danyore, Gilgit Pakistan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, SEHHAT Foundation Hospital, Main KKH, Danyore, Gilgit Pakistan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Agha Khan Health Services, Gilgit, Pakistan
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- School of Optometry, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- School of Optometry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Vuppala AAD, Griepentrog GJ, Walsh RD. Swallow-Induced Eyelid Myokymia: A Novel Synkinesis Syndrome. Neuroophthalmology 2020; 44:108-110. [DOI: 10.1080/01658107.2019.1587637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Revised: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Amrita-Amanda D. Vuppala
- Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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