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ArticleOman journal of ophthalmology

Optic neuritis secondary to the Pfizer-BioNTech-162b2 COVID-19 vaccine managed with plasmapheresis: A case report and review.

Paras P Shah, Samuel Gelnick, Daniel Zhu, Amanda Wong, Rashmi Verma

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Article in Oman journal of ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Paras P ShahDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, USA.
Samuel GelnickDepartment of Ophthalmology, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY, USA.
Daniel ZhuDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, USA.
Amanda WongDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, USA.
Rashmi VermaDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, NY, USA.
Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell · USNorthwell Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID‑19 pandemic has had a significant public health impact globally, with inoculation now paramount in limiting the spread of the disease. Although the safety and efficacy profiles of COVID‑19 vaccines are well documented, it is upon the medical community to be aware of adverse effects to appropriately advise and treat patients. We report the case of a 39‑year‑old female who was hospitalized with optic neuritis (ON) 1 week after her second dose of the Pfizer‑BioNTech (BNT162b2) COVID‑19 vaccine. The patient did not have any significant medical history, including personal or familial history of multiple sclerosis or any other demyelinating disease, other than prior COVID‑19 infection. She had since made a full recovery and tested negative at the time of hospitalization for ON. Over the course of her admission, the patient's visual acuity (VA) deteriorated from 20/400 to no light perception. After methylprednisolone was ineffective, she was started on plasmapheresis (PLEX) therapy which resulted in mild improvement of VA. To our knowledge and after a thorough PubMed literature search, this is the first reported case of isolated ON associated with COVID‑19 vaccination.

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BNT162b2COVID-19optic neuritisside effectvaccine

Identifiers

PMID36760953
PMCPMC9905924
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