Kapsis Petros, Agapitou Chrysa, Dimitriou Eleni, Theodossiadis Panagiotis, Chatziralli Irini
2nd Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Cureus. 2023 Apr 26;15(4):e38172. doi: 10.7759/cureus.38172. eCollection 2023 Apr.
A 65-year-old male patient presented to the ED complaining of blurred vision in the left eye for the last three days. The patient had just recovered from COVID-19 infection and had a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test two days after the initiation of symptoms. His family and medical history were clear. Ophthalmological examination and imaging revealed branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) with macular edema in the left eye, while the right eye was normal. The visual acuity was 6/6 in the right eye and 6/36 in the left eye. Laboratory tests, as well as the full cardiovascular and thrombophilia evaluation, were normal. Since the patient did not have known risk factors for BRVO, we hypothesize that it was related to COVID-19 infection. However, the causality between the two entities remains under investigation.
一名65岁男性患者因左眼视力模糊三天前来急诊科就诊。该患者刚从新冠病毒感染中康复，症状出现两天后聚合酶链反应（PCR）检测呈阴性。他的家族史和病史均无异常。眼科检查和影像学检查显示左眼为视网膜分支静脉阻塞（BRVO）伴黄斑水肿，而右眼正常。右眼视力为6/6，左眼视力为6/36。实验室检查以及全面的心血管和血栓形成倾向评估均正常。由于该患者没有已知的BRVO危险因素，我们推测它与新冠病毒感染有关。然而，两者之间的因果关系仍在调查中。
