Impending Central Retinal Vein Occlusion in a Patient with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Ocul Immunol Inflamm
; 28(8): 1290-1292, 2020 Nov 16.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-795227
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To report a case of impending central retinal vein occlusion (iCRVO) in a COVID-19 patient. CASE REPORT A 54 years old woman with COVID-19 related pneumonia presented to our emergency department complaining of scotomas and decreased vision in her right eye. Funduscopic examination and multimodal imaging revealed rare retinal hemorrhages, retinal whitening, and fern-like hypo-autofluorescent appearance typical of iCRVO. She had no risk factors other than a transient hyper-coagulability status likely related to the ongoing infection. Systemic treatment with steroids normalized her inflammatory and coagulation status and the occlusion completely resolved.CONCLUSIONS:
Retinal circulation should be considered as a potential site for thromboembolic complications from COVID-19.Keywords
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Retina
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Retinal Vein Occlusion
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Fluorescein Angiography
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Coronavirus Infections
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Tomography, Optical Coherence
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Ocul Immunol Inflamm
Journal subject:
Allergy and Immunology
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Ophthalmology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
09273948.2020.1807023
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