Bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and choroidal ischemia in a patient with COVID-19 infection

Seyed Hossein Ghavami Shahri; Mojtaba Abrishami; Helia Shayanfar; Sahel Khazaei

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6834

Bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and choroidal ischemia in a patient with COVID-19 infection

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Jan 23;11(1):e6834. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6834. eCollection 2023 Jan.

Authors

Seyed Hossein Ghavami Shahri¹, Mojtaba Abrishami¹, Helia Shayanfar¹, Sahel Khazaei¹

Affiliation

¹ Eye Research Center Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran.

Abstract

A 57-year-old male known case of diabetes mellitus presented with gradually bilateral decreased vision accompanied by ocular pain two weeks after diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The results of examination and imaging were indicative of bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) and massive choroidal ischemia, which may be associated with SARS-CoV-2-induced damages, including endothelial damage, hypercoagulable state, and hypoxia.

Keywords: SARS‐CoV‐2; angle‐closure glaucoma; anterior ischemic optic neuropathy; choroidal ischemia.

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Case Reports