Severe Bilateral Vision Loss in 2 Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019

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Title Severe Bilateral Vision Loss in 2 Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019
Creator Daniel G. Cyr; Christina M. Vicidomini; Nga Yan Siu; Solly E. Elmann
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology (DGC, CMV, NYS, SEE), Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York; and Department of Ophthalmology (DGC, CMV, NYS), St John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, New York
Abstract Our knowledge of the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) is rapidly evolving with new information being gathered daily. It has been widely reported thatCOVID-19 increases the risk of thrombotic and thromboembolic events, predisposing patients to pulmonary embolism, cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs), deep vein thrombosis, and myocardial infarction (1,2). A New York City health system recently reported a total of 5 young patients with COVID-19 presented with symptoms of large-vessel ischemic stroke over a 2-week period (3). We present here 2 cases of devastating visual consequences secondary to COVID-19-associated ischemic cerebral infarction occurring at 1 hospital center within 2 weeks.
Subject Adult; Betacoronavirus; Blindness / etiology; Brain Ischemia / etiology; COVID-19; Coronavirus Infections / complications; Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis; Fatal Outcome; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral / complications; Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis; Polymerase Chain Reaction; SARS-CoV-2; Stroke / etiology; Visual Acuity / physiology
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Date 2020-09
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Source Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, September 2020, Volume 40, Issue 3
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
ARK ark:/87278/s6m9602c
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 1592984
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m9602c
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