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- Title
Simultaneous unilateral central retinal vein occlusion and branch retinal artery occlusion after Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) mRNA vaccine.
- Authors
García Ruiz, Oscar Andree; José González-López, Julio
- Abstract
A 51-year-old non-obese woman presented with a one-week history of progressive blurry vision within the inferior visual field of her left eye. Her only relevant past medical history was long-standing hypothyroidism and recent vaccination against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) with an mRNA vaccine 12 days before the onset of symptoms. At examination, the anterior segment was unremarkable, but the retinal fundus revealed a central retinal vein occlusion associated with a branch retinal artery occlusion of the superior temporal branch in her left eye. Ancillary tests to rule out thrombophilia, hyperviscosity, hypercoagulability, or inflammation were negative. Ultrasound tests were also negative for a cardiac or carotid origin of the branch retinal artery occlusion. At two-month follow-up, no new retinal vascular occlusive events were observed. Although the best-corrected visual acuity at presentation was 8/10 in the left eye, the final best-corrected visual acuity remained 3/10.
- Subjects
RETINAL vein occlusion; RETINAL artery occlusion; COVID-19; VISUAL fields; VISUAL acuity; MESSENGER RNA
- Publication
Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, 2024, Vol 87, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0004-2749
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5935/0004-2749.2022-0010