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Review
. 2022 Mar 1;42(3):413-416.
doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000003371.

MYTHS AND TRUTHS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF RETINAL VASCULAR OCCLUSION WITH COVID-19

Ashish Sharma  1 , Nikulaa Parachuri  1 , Nilesh Kumar  1 , Mario Rosario Romano  2 , Barbara Parolini  3 , Sengul Ozdek  4 , Mohamed A Tawfik  5 , Ameen Marashi  6 , Baruch D Kuppermann  7 , Quan Dong Nguyen  8
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Review

MYTHS AND TRUTHS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF RETINAL VASCULAR OCCLUSION WITH COVID-19

Ashish Sharma et al. Retina. .

Abstract

Purpose: To critically review data published in the recent past to scrutinize a causal relationship between retinal vascular occlusion and COVID-19.

Method: A comprehensive literature search was performed on Pubmed with the key words retinal vascular occlusion, retinal vein occlusion, retinal artery occlusion, and COVID-19.

Results: A total of 17 case reports were published during this period, and 10 were on retinal vein occlusion and 7 on retinal artery occlusion. Most of the published reports lacked convincing evidences in one or the other aspects, such as insufficient laboratory workup or presence of multiple confounding risk factors.

Conclusion: In this index article, strength of the data is insufficient to establish a definitive cause-and-effect relationship of retinal vascular occlusive disorders with COVID-19. Hence, clinicians can continue to manage these cases according to the standard guidelines until there are more robust evidences to support this association to alter the diagnostic and treatment modalities.

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Conflict of interest statement

None of the authors has any financial/conflicting interests to disclose.

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