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ArticleInternational ophthalmology2023

Posterior ocular manifestations following BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine: a case series.

Shani Pillar, Tamar Weinberg, Radgonde Amer

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Article in International ophthalmology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease and COVID.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023
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  5. Correction.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shani PillarDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical Organization and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, POB 12000, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel.
Tamar WeinbergDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical Organization and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, POB 12000, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel.
Radgonde AmerDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical Organization and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, POB 12000, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel. radgonde@gmail.com.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo report the occurrence of posterior ocular adverse events following the administration of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2.

methodsA retrospective consecutive case series, in which the medical files of patients presenting with ocular adverse events within 30 days of the vaccine inoculation, were analyzed.

resultsFour patients (2 females) were included in the study. The diagnoses included: posterior scleritis, paracentral acute middle maculopathy, herpes panuveitis, and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH)-like uveitis. Three of the patients had no relevant ocular history, but the patient who developed scleritis was in remission without medical therapy for four years, until the flare-up, which occurred one day after the vaccine. All patients improved with treatment.

conclusionThough a causal relationship cannot be definitively established, the temporal relationship suggests a possible link between the COVID-19 vaccine and the posterior ocular complications. The benefits of vaccination clearly outweigh the potential adverse effects; however, ophthalmologists should be aware of the potential for vaccine-associated uveitis.

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COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesScleritisUveitisUveomeningoencephalitic SyndromeBNT162 VaccineFemaleHumansRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2BNT162 VaccineCOVID-19 VaccinesCOVID-19HerpesOcular inflammationPAMMSARS-CoV-2ScleritisUveitisVaccine

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PMID36316618
PMCPMC9628305
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