Acute retinal necrosis in a patient on immunosuppressive treatment for COVID-19 pneumonia: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) occasionally develop ocular complications. We report a case of acute retinal necrosis (ARN) caused by Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) that developed in a patient who had severe acute respiratory syndrome due to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Case presentation

A 68-year-old woman complained of floaters and blurred vision in her right eye as she was receiving systemic prednisolone for COVID-19 pneumonia under isolation in our hospital. The patient visited an ophthalmologist following her discharge from the hospital and after the 2 weeks of isolation had ended. At the initial examination, her best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 20/100 in the right eye, and the eye showed moderate anterior segment inflammation and vitreous opaciti

SUBMITTER: Nishiyama T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9709381 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature