Paracentral acute middle maculopathy following hepatitis B vaccine

PURPOSE: To report a case of paracentral acute middle maculopathy (PAMM) following Hepatitis B vaccine in a child. OBSERVATIONS: A 12-year-old healthy female presented with a paracentral scotoma in the right eye due to PAMM, likely associated with a recent Hepatitis B vaccine. CONCLUSIONS: Despite t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Juncal, Verena R., Bansal, Aditya, Hamli, Hesham, Muni, Rajeev H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8851256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35198830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101422
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Sumario:PURPOSE: To report a case of paracentral acute middle maculopathy (PAMM) following Hepatitis B vaccine in a child. OBSERVATIONS: A 12-year-old healthy female presented with a paracentral scotoma in the right eye due to PAMM, likely associated with a recent Hepatitis B vaccine. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the great importance of vaccines, it is critical to promptly recognize their rare ocular complications, such as the vaccine associated PAMM described in this report.

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