Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Jun 2023)

Cogan’s sign in a patient with suspected post-COVID-19 vaccine-associated myasthenia gravis

  • José Wagner Leonel Tavares-Júnior,
  • Manoel Alves Sobreira-Neto,
  • Pedro Braga-Neto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0007-2023
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 56

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ABSTRACT The Cogan’s sign is indicative of myasthenia gravis. This is the first report of neurological signs in a patient with post-COVID-19 vaccine-associated myasthenia gravis in Brazil. In this case, a previously healthy 68-year-old woman presented with proximal limb weakness, left ptosis, and diplopia 1 month after receiving her fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Neurological examination revealed the presence of Cogan’s sign, and she recovered rapidly after treatment. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of myasthenia gravis associated with the COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil.

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