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Journal Article
Retinal involvement and ocular findings in COVID-19 pneumonia patients
2020
Overview
Changes in immune and coagulation systems and possible viral spread through the blood–brain barrier have been described in SARS-CoV-2 infection. In this study, we evaluated the possible retinal involvement and ocular findings in severe COVID-19 pneumonia patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 46 patients affected by severe COVID-19 who were hospitalized in one intensive care unit (ICU) and in two infectious disease wards, including bedside eye screening, corneal sensitivity assessment and retinography. A total of 43 SARS-CoV-2-positive pneumonia patients affected with COVID-19 pneumonia were included, including 25 males and 18 females, with a median age of 70 years [IQR 59–78]. Except for one patient with unilateral posterior chorioretinitis of opportunistic origin, of whom aqueous tap was negative for SARS-CoV-2, no further retinal manifestation related to COVID-19 infection was found in our cohort. We found 3 patients (7%) with bilateral conjunctivitis in whom PCR analysis on conjunctival swabs provided negative results for SARS-CoV-2. No alterations in corneal sensitivity were found. We demonstrated the absence of retinal involvement in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia patients. Ophthalmologic evaluation in COVID-19, particularly in patients hospitalized in an ICU setting, may be useful to reveal systemic co-infections by opportunistic pathogens.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK
Subject
/ Aged
/ Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification
/ Conjunctivitis - complications
/ Coronavirus Infections - complications
/ Coronavirus Infections - pathology
/ Coronavirus Infections - virology
/ COVID-19
/ Female
/ Humanities and Social Sciences
/ Humans
/ Hypertensive Retinopathy - complications
/ Hypertensive Retinopathy - diagnosis
/ Male
/ Pneumonia, Viral - complications
/ Pneumonia, Viral - pathology
/ Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
/ Science
