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case_images: Right third cranial nerve palsy in the index patient (A: Gaze to the top right; B: Gaze to the top left; C: Gaze to the bottom right; D: Gaze to the bottom left, E: Gaze straight forward, F: Coronary T1-weighted image with contrast showing enhancement of the right superior lateral rectus muscles).
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case_images: Four weeks before the onset of 3rdCNP, the patient tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and presented with mild COVID-19 (WHO classification), which resolved within 4 days. 3rdCNP manifested by ptosis, fixed abduction, and downward positioning of the right globe when looking in any direction, and dilatation of the right pupil (Fig. 1). Cerebral MRI showed enhancement of the superior rectus and lateral rectus muscles (Fig. 1).