Acute Retinal Necrosis: A Covid-19 Perspective

ABSTRACT

Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) is a relatively uncommon yet devastating cause of vision-threatening uveitis. This manuscript analyzed the cases of ARN that have been reported following SARS-CoV-2 infections and anti- SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations. A total of nine cases of ARN were reported in the literature. Among them, four patients with ARN were attributed to SARS-CoV-2 infections, and a history of recent Covid vaccination was present in five patients when a diagnosis of ARN was made. ARN has been described following SARS-CoV-2 infections or vaccinations against the virus, and many of these cases may be based on a cause-to-effect hypothesis.

KEYWORDS:

• Acute retinal necrosis
• anti-SARSCoV-2 vaccine
• Covid-19
• Covid vaccine
• herpesviruses
• retinitis

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