Transient myopia due to choroidal effusion: A novel ocular complication of COVID-19 infection
oleh: Nilutparna Deori, Mohit Garg, Harsha Bhattacharjee, Dipankar Das, Mitesh Jain, Rajendra N Gogoi, Arup Deori
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| Diterbitkan: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01 |
Deskripsi
COVID-19 was declared as a global pandemic by the WHO in 2020. Although it is a respiratory virus, ocular complications and manifestations of the infection have been reported in different forms. We report a case of transient myopia and narrow angles due to choroidal effusion following infection by the SARS-COV-2 virus. We propose that the ability of the virus to incite an inflammatory response in the host body may be the mechanism behind the disease entity. This is a novel, previously undocumented ocular complication in case of a COVID-19 infection.