TY - JOUR
T1 - Central retinal vein occlusion in a young healthy COVID-19 patient
T2 - A case report and literature review
AU - Al-Abri, Mohamed
AU - Al-Musalami, Adil
AU - Al-Rawahi, Bader
AU - Al-Hinai, Ahmed
AU - Al-Fadhil, Nawal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been declared by the World Health Organization as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. COVID-19 predispose patients to multisystem thromboembolic events, including pulmonary emboli and deep vein thrombosis. We report a 33-year-old previously healthy man, with previous history of COVID-19 infection presented with left eye central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) with secondary macular edema. All possible risk factors for thromboembolic events were excluded. After a single dose of intravitreal injection of aflibercept (2 mg in 0.05 ml), gradual improvement in the clinical manifestation of CRVO with complete resolution of macular edema in the left eye was observed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of CRVO post-COVID-19 in Oman.
AB - Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been declared by the World Health Organization as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. COVID-19 predispose patients to multisystem thromboembolic events, including pulmonary emboli and deep vein thrombosis. We report a 33-year-old previously healthy man, with previous history of COVID-19 infection presented with left eye central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) with secondary macular edema. All possible risk factors for thromboembolic events were excluded. After a single dose of intravitreal injection of aflibercept (2 mg in 0.05 ml), gradual improvement in the clinical manifestation of CRVO with complete resolution of macular edema in the left eye was observed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of CRVO post-COVID-19 in Oman.
KW - Central retinal vein occlusion
KW - intravitreal injection
KW - macular edema
KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19)
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U2 - 10.4103/meajo.meajo_271_21
DO - 10.4103/meajo.meajo_271_21
M3 - Article
C2 - 35125806
AN - SCOPUS:85122697759
SN - 0974-9233
VL - 28
SP - 199
EP - 202
JO - Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology
IS - 3
ER -