Unilateral Ciliary Madarosis in a Child After Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection

Coronavirus disease 2019 life-threatening signs have aroused a great deal of attention since the beginning of the pandemic. In the initial stages of the pandemic, the pediatric population was mostly protected, and the symptoms in affected children were mild. Here, the authors present a 7-year-old boy with left upper eyelid ciliary madarosis that developed 9 weeks after coronavirus disease 2019 infection. During comprehensive ophthalmologic examination, no conjunctival injection, chemosis, erythema, or crusts on the eyelids and no other meibomian gland disease findings were detected. Comprehensive laboratory workup was performed to exclude any other possible causes of ciliary madarosis. All laboratory parameters tested within normal limits. In addition to the patient's ocular surface and physical examination findings, laboratory results and the timing of the symptoms as well as spontaneous recovery at follow-up visits led the authors to conclude that telogen effluvium was to cause of the isolated, unilateral ciliary madarosis in this case.