Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/47642
Title: Can the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cause choroiditis and optic neuropathy?
Authors: Zor, Kürşad Ramazan
Yıldırım Biçer, Gamze
Tutaş Günaydın, Nesrin
Küçük, Erkut
Yılmaz, Uğur
Keywords: choroid
choroiditis
COVID-19
retinal nerve fiber layer
SARS-CoV-2
adult
Article
best corrected visual acuity
choroidal thickness
choroiditis
clinical article
controlled study
coronavirus disease 2019
cross-sectional study
eye movement
female
human
image analysis
intraocular pressure
macular thickness
male
measurement repeatability
middle aged
ophthalmoscopy
optic nerve disease
optical coherence tomography
real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
refraction error
retinal nerve fiber layer
retinal pigment epithelium
slit lamp microscopy
three-dimensional imaging
tonometry
uveitis
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
Abstract: Objectives: We aim to investigate the involvement of the choroid and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in COVID-19 patients using spectral domain optical coherence tomography. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between April and June 2020. 40 patients (23 female and 17 male) with COVID-19 and 42 healthy individuals (26 female and 16 male) were included in the study. The OCT scans were performed 4 weeks after the COVID-19 diagnosis. Results: In the COVID-19 group, in the right eyes, the mean nasal choroidal thickness was 295.70 ± 7,046 ?m (p = 0.017), mean subfoveal choroidal thickness was 333.25 ± 6,353 ?m (p = 0.003), mean temporal choroidal thickness was 296.63 ± 6,324 ?m (p = 0.039), and mean RNFL was 89.23 ± 1.30 ?m (p = 0.227). In the left eyes, mean nasal choroidal thickness was 287.88 ± 9,033 ?m (p = 0.267), mean subfoveal choroidal thickness was 333.80 ± 9,457 ?m (p = 0.013), mean temporal choroidal thickness was 298.50 ± 9,158 ?m (p = 0.079), and mean RNFL was 89.48 ± 1,289 ?m (p = 0.092). Compared with the control group, the patient group had significant thickening of the choroidal thickness in all quadrants of the right eyes, and significant thickening of the subfoveal choroidal thickness in the left eyes. There was no significant difference in the RNFL thickness between groups (p > 0.05). Conclusion: COVID-19 may cause a subclinical involvement in the choroidal layer. © The Author(s) 2021.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1177/20587392211059060
https://hdl.handle.net/11499/47642
ISSN: 1721-727X
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