The diagnostic dilemma of bilateral optic neuritis and idiopathic intracranial hypertension coexistence in a patient with recent COVID-19 infection

Sundus Sardar; Abeer Safan; Lina Okar; Nagham Sadik; Gholam Adeli

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4347

The diagnostic dilemma of bilateral optic neuritis and idiopathic intracranial hypertension coexistence in a patient with recent COVID-19 infection

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Jun 10;9(6):e04347. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4347. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Authors

Sundus Sardar¹, Abeer Safan², Lina Okar³, Nagham Sadik¹, Gholam Adeli²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
² Neurosciences Institute Department of Neurology Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
³ Department of Family Medicine Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.

Abstract

Owing to autoantibody production and thrombophilic disorders in COVID-19, physicians must have low threshold to investigate secondary IIH and demyelinating disorders in patients with headache and decreased vision following recent COVID-19 infection.

Keywords: COVID‐19; NMOSD; SARS‐CoV‐2; anti‐MOG syndrome; coronavirus; neurological manifestations; pseudotumor cerebri.

Publication types

Case Reports