Transient myopia due to choroidal effusion: A novel ocular complication of COVID-19 infection

COVID-19 was declared as a global pandemic by the WHO in 2020. Although it is a respiratory virus, ocular complications and manifestations of the infection have been reported in different forms. We report a case of transient myopia and narrow angles due to choroidal effusion following infection by t...

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Autores principales: Deori, Nilutparna, Garg, Mohit, Bhattacharjee, Harsha, Das, Dipankar, Jain, Mitesh, Gogoi, Rajendra N, Deori, Arup
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
Materias:
Expedited Publications, Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8917546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34937267
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_972_21
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Sumario:COVID-19 was declared as a global pandemic by the WHO in 2020. Although it is a respiratory virus, ocular complications and manifestations of the infection have been reported in different forms. We report a case of transient myopia and narrow angles due to choroidal effusion following infection by the SARS-COV-2 virus. We propose that the ability of the virus to incite an inflammatory response in the host body may be the mechanism behind the disease entity. This is a novel, previously undocumented ocular complication in case of a COVID-19 infection.

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