Monocular visual loss as the presenting symptom of COVID-19 infection

Background and Importance: Additional time is needed to determine the exact impact of COVID-19 on acute cerebrovascular disease incidence, but recently published data has correlated COVID-19 to large vessel occlusion strokes. Clinical Presentation: We report the first case of central retinal artery...

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Autores principales: Murchison, Ann P., Sweid, Ahmad, Dharia, Robin, Theofanis, Thana N., Tjoumakaris, Stavropoula I., Jabbour, Pascal M., Bilyk, Jurij R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7831816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33383464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.106440
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Sumario:Background and Importance: Additional time is needed to determine the exact impact of COVID-19 on acute cerebrovascular disease incidence, but recently published data has correlated COVID-19 to large vessel occlusion strokes. Clinical Presentation: We report the first case of central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) as the initial manifestation of COVID-19 infection. Subsequent neuroimaging revealed a large thrombus extending into the internal carotid artery. Conclusion: This case illustrates the need to suspect COVID-19 infection in patients presenting with retinal arterial occlusion, including individuals who are asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic for COVID-19 infection.

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