Optic neuritis after mRNA COVID‐19 vaccination: a case report
Key Clinical Message Our case reported a 22‐year‐old male presented with headache, and sudden vision loss, 10 days after receiving the first dose of COVID‐19 vaccination. Counting fingers in both eyes was his visual acuity on examination and bilateral optic disc edema on fundoscopy was found. Brain...
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| author | Raghad Tarcha Afraa Ghazal Lama Al‐Darwish Hoda Abdoh Maysoun Kudsi |
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| description | Key Clinical Message Our case reported a 22‐year‐old male presented with headache, and sudden vision loss, 10 days after receiving the first dose of COVID‐19 vaccination. Counting fingers in both eyes was his visual acuity on examination and bilateral optic disc edema on fundoscopy was found. Brain MRI was normal. After methylprednisolone pulse therapy, plasmapheresis, and IV cyclophosphamide courses, the optic disc edema disappeared, and his visual function did not improve. Reported cases of optic neuritis develop after mRNA COVID‐19 vaccination are limited. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-53b0be1bcd604658a12f69a4ddbb59122023-11-28T04:14:45ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042023-11-011111n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.8263Optic neuritis after mRNA COVID‐19 vaccination: a case reportRaghad Tarcha0Afraa Ghazal1Lama Al‐Darwish2Hoda Abdoh3Maysoun Kudsi4Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine Damascus University Damascus SyriaDepartment of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine Damascus University Damascus SyriaAl‐Sham Private University (ASPU) Damascus SyriaDepartment of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine Damascus University Damascus SyriaDepartment of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine Damascus University Damascus SyriaKey Clinical Message Our case reported a 22‐year‐old male presented with headache, and sudden vision loss, 10 days after receiving the first dose of COVID‐19 vaccination. Counting fingers in both eyes was his visual acuity on examination and bilateral optic disc edema on fundoscopy was found. Brain MRI was normal. After methylprednisolone pulse therapy, plasmapheresis, and IV cyclophosphamide courses, the optic disc edema disappeared, and his visual function did not improve. Reported cases of optic neuritis develop after mRNA COVID‐19 vaccination are limited.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8263case reportCOVID‐19 vaccinationoptic disc edemaoptic neuritis |
| spellingShingle | Raghad Tarcha Afraa Ghazal Lama Al‐Darwish Hoda Abdoh Maysoun Kudsi Optic neuritis after mRNA COVID‐19 vaccination: a case report Clinical Case Reports case report COVID‐19 vaccination optic disc edema optic neuritis |
| title | Optic neuritis after mRNA COVID‐19 vaccination: a case report |
| title_full | Optic neuritis after mRNA COVID‐19 vaccination: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Optic neuritis after mRNA COVID‐19 vaccination: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optic neuritis after mRNA COVID‐19 vaccination: a case report |
| title_short | Optic neuritis after mRNA COVID‐19 vaccination: a case report |
| title_sort | optic neuritis after mrna covid 19 vaccination a case report |
| topic | case report COVID‐19 vaccination optic disc edema optic neuritis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8263 |
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