While vaccination against COVID-19 is still ongoing, some rare adverse events temporally related to vaccinations have been reported, particularly with ChAdOx1 nCoV-19. Here, a 77-year-old male presented to our outpatient department with persistent ptosis of his left eye for 1 month. He initially received vaccination with ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and developed symptoms of Bell's palsy 3 days later. He received a 14-day course of prednisolone, but the ptosis persisted. Marin-Amat syndrome was compatible with his symptoms of ptosis exacerbation during orbicularis oris exertion. A temporal correlation between ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination and Bell's palsy without infectious or autoimmune diseases was delineated. Further studies are needed to clarify the possible relationship between these two events.

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Authors: PF Tsai, PF Tsai, PF Tsai, YJ Chen, YJ Chen
Year published: 2022
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Journal: Frontiers in Medicine
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.