Neuro-ophthalmic presentation of COVID-19 disease: A case report

COVID-19 is a respiratory virus, which has affected various organ systems as well. Here we report a neuro-ophthalmic presentation of pituitary apoplexy under the setting of COVID-19 infection in a middle-aged man who presented to ophthalmic emergency with sudden bilateral loss of vision along with a...

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Autores principales: Katti, Venkatram, Ramamurthy, Lakshmi B, Kanakpur, Savitha, Shet, Satish D, Dhoot, Manisha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
Materias:
Expedited Publication, Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8012961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33727476
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_3321_20
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Sumario:COVID-19 is a respiratory virus, which has affected various organ systems as well. Here we report a neuro-ophthalmic presentation of pituitary apoplexy under the setting of COVID-19 infection in a middle-aged man who presented to ophthalmic emergency with sudden bilateral loss of vision along with a history of fever past 10 days. There was sluggishly reacting pupils and RT-PCR for COVID was positive. Imaging pointed the diagnosis as pituitary macroadenoma with apopexy. In view of pandemic situation, patient was given symptomatic treatment as per the protocols and stabilized. Vision also showed improvement to some extent and the patient is awaiting neurosurgery

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