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Case Report
Volume 11, Number 5, October 2021, pages 102-107
Simultaneous Encephalitis and Neuroretinitis After COVID-19 in a Young Adult: A Case Report
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No. | Author | Age/sex of the patient | Clinical presentations | Diagnosis | Outcome |
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Similar presentation (bilateral involvement) was seen in three cases; in most of these patients significant improvement was seen after treatment (similar as our patient). COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; M: male; F: female; N/A: not applicable. | |||||
1 | Hosseini et al, 2021 [24] | 37/M | Bilateral severe vision loss | Bilateral retinitis and panuveitis | Significant improvement after treatment |
2 | Goyal et al, 2021 [25] | 32/M | Bilateral paracentral and triangular negative scotoma | Acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMN) and paracentral acute middle maculopathy (PAMM) | No change in vision |
3 | Liu et al, 2021 [23] | Elderly/F | Monocular blindness | Retinitis and optic neuritis | N/A |
4 | Mahendradas et al, 2021 [26] | 49/F | Sudden-onset painless loss of vision in both the eyes | Bilateral post fever retinitis with retinal vascular occlusions | Improvement in vision after treatment |
5 | Our patient | 18/F | Bilateral severe vision loss | Bilateral neuroretinitis | Significant improvement after treatment |