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Medical Subject Headings

Humans; Male; Adult; SARS-CoV-2; fibrin fragment D; COVID-19 Vaccines; Ficus; Scotoma; Tomography, Optical Coherence; Fluorescein Angiography; Eye Pain; Intraocular Pressure; Blood Pressure; Color Vision; Magnetic Resonance Angiography; Blood Sedimentation; Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; Heart Rate; Smokers; Temperature; Construction; Drug Users; Follow-Up Studies; Reading; Slit Lamp; Vision, Monocular; Visual Fields; Covid-19; Retinal Artery Occlusion; Retina, Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products; Retinal Vessels; Optic Nerve’ Heart Diseases; Headache; Risk Factors; Stroke; Hematology; Brain; Pupil Disorders; Neoplasms; Visual Acuity; Cardiology; Ischemia; Edema; Blood Cell Count; Obesity; Emergency Service, Hospital; Hospitalization; Reperfusion; Fluoresceins; Lipids

Abstract

Background: A healthy, 39-year-old male patient presented with sudden onset, painless vision loss of the right eye’s superior visual field two months after a mild case of COVID-19.

Case Report: The patient was diagnosed with an acute branch retinal artery occlusion and referred to the emergency department for prompt evaluation. When the emergency workup was unremarkable the patient was referred to cardiology and hematology and follow up with a retinal specialist. The exhaustive systemic work-up was unremarkable other than recent COVID-19. Retinal perfusion to the affected area resumed in the weeks after the incident but irreversible vision loss occurred.

Conclusion: This case alerts providers of retinal artery occlusion as a potential sequela of COVID-19 even in those patients who are seemingly healthy and without typical risk factors.

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.37685/uiwlibraries.2575-7717.7.2.1044

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