Branch Retinal Vein Occlusions as a Serious Complication of Covid 19 Infection
Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences
; Part B. 10:2423-2426, 2022.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2233389
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) has an incidence of 0.5-1.2%. COVID-19 is associated with both venous and arterial thromboembolisms due to excessive inflammation, hypoxia, immobilization, and diffuse intravascular coagulation.AIM:
The present study aims to describe our experience with BRVO in Egyptian COVID-19 patients. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
The present retrospective study included 17 polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-proven COVID-19 patients with BRVO. Data obtained from the studied patients included detailed history taking. In addition, patients were diagnosed with BRVO based on a comprehensive ophthalmic evaluation, including logMAR Best-corrected visual acuity assessment, slit-lamp bio-microscopy, fundoscopy, fundus fluorescein angiography, and optical coherence tomography macular assessment. RESULT(S) The present study included 17 PCR-proven COVID-19 patients with BRVO. They comprised 9 males (52.9%) and 8 females (47.1%) with an age of 52.8 +/- 13.3 years. Fundus examination revealed BRVO as superior temporal in 9 patients (52.9%), inferior temporal in 5 patients (29.4%), superior nasal in 2 patients (11.8%), and inferior nasal in 1 patient (5.9%). The reported retinal thickness was 355.7 +/- 41.7 microm. In addition, fundus fluorescein angiography identified ischemic changes in 2 patients (11.8%). CONCLUSION(S) BRVO is a rare severe complication of COVID-19 infection. In patients with proven or suspected infection with a diminution of vision, there should be high suspicion of BRVO and prompt full-scale ophthalmological examination to exclude the condition. Copyright © 2022 Sanaa Ahmed Mohamed, Marwa Byomy, Eman El Sayed Mohamed El Sayed, Mostafa Osman Hussein, Marwa M. Abdulrehim, Ahmed Gomaa Elmahdy.
Branch retinal vein occlusion; covid-19; Retinal vein occlusion; adult; anamnesis; article; best corrected visual acuity; case report; clinical article; complication; coronavirus disease 2019; eye fundus; female; gene amplification; human; male; middle aged; ophthalmoscopy; optical coherence tomography; polymerase chain reaction; retina angiography; retina vein occlusion; retinal thickness; retrospective study; slit lamp microscopy; vision
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Language:
English
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Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences
Year:
2022
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