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ArticleJournal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection2023

Acute macular neuroretinopathy following Moderna COVID-19 vaccination.

Olena Protsyk, Roberto Gallego-Pinazo, Rosa Dolz-Marco

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Article in Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection, 2023. 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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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Acute macular neuroretinopathy: is the name still appropriate?Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2026
    Review
  2. Bilateral acute macular neuroretinopathy after Epstein-Barr virus encephalitis.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2025
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  3. Optical coherence tomography angiography suggests choriocapillaris perfusion deficit as etiology of acute macular neuroretinopathy.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2024
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3 authors.

Olena ProtsykDepartment of Ophthalmology, Jaen University Hospital, Av. Del Ejército Español 10, Jaen, 23007, Spain. olenaprotsyk@gmail.com.
Roberto Gallego-PinazoUnit of Macula, Oftalvist Clinic, Valencia, Spain.
Rosa Dolz-MarcoUnit of Macula, Oftalvist Clinic, Valencia, Spain.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo describe the occurrence of an acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMN) after administration of a Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine.

methodsCase report.

resultsA 23-year-old female presented bilateral visual loss one week after the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Fundus examination revealed the classic wedge-shaped lesions with petaloid configuration around both foveas. Hypo-reflective macular lesions are evident in the near-infrared reflectance image. The spectral-domain optical coherence tomography reveled hyperreflectivity of the outer nuclear and plexiform layers, attenuation of the ellipsoid zone and disruption of interdigitation zone corresponding to the lesions.

conclusionsDespite the large number of doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered worldwide, there are not many reported cases of AMN. Most of them occurred after viral vector vaccines. Described here is one of the few cases that observed a time period of several days after receiving the Moderna messenger RNA vaccine. It is not possible to establish causality although this suggests an inflammatory or autoimmune response to the vaccine.

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Acute macular neuroretinopathyCOVID-19Moderna mRNA vaccine

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PMID37382778
PMCPMC10310672

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