Kiyat Pelin, Top Karti Dilek, Karti Omer
Department of Ophthalmology, İzmir Democracy University, Buca Seyfi Demirsoy Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Türkiye.
Department of Neurology, Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Türkiye.
Beyoglu Eye J. 2023 May 1;8(2):143-147. doi: 10.14744/bej.2023.83435. eCollection 2023.
To report a patient with bilateral sequential non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NA-AION) following severe COVID-19 infection. A 50-year-old male patient reported a 1-week history of painless vision loss in the right eye in additon to complaining of blurred vision in the left eye 4 weeks earlier. He had tested COVID-19 positive 4 weeks before the onset of symptoms in his left eye. Further investigations revealed that the most possible cause of vision loss was NA-AION associated with COVID-19. COVID-19 infection may be responsible for NA-AION. Therefore, ophthalmologists should keep this infection in mind when systemic investigation for the underlying etiology of NA-AION.
报告一例严重新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)感染后发生双侧序贯性非动脉炎性前部缺血性视神经病变(NA-AION)的患者。一名50岁男性患者报告称,右眼无痛性视力丧失1周,此外4周前还主诉左眼视力模糊。他在左眼症状出现前4周新型冠状病毒检测呈阳性。进一步检查发现,视力丧失最可能的原因是与COVID-19相关的NA-AION。COVID-19感染可能是NA-AION的病因。因此,眼科医生在对NA-AION的潜在病因进行系统检查时应牢记这种感染。