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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy after SARS-CoV-2 Infection: An Analysis of Clinical and Multimodal Imaging Characteristics.

Jiyang Tang, Siying Li, Zongyi Wang, Ye Tao, Linqi Zhang, Hong Yin, Heng Miao, Yaoyao Sun, Jinfeng Qu

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Acute macular neuroretinopathy: is the name still appropriate?Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2026
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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jiyang TangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China.
Siying LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China.
Zongyi WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3173-0711
Ye TaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China.
Linqi ZhangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China.
Hong YinDepartment of Ophthalmology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China.
Heng MiaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China.
Yaoyao SunDepartment of Ophthalmology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China.
Jinfeng QuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China.
Peking University · CN

Funding

Beijing Natural Science Foundation 7232192National Key R&D Program of China 2020YFC2008200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study aimed to analyze clinical and multimodal imaging characteristics of acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMN) post-recent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.

methodsRetrospective observational study. Medical records and multimodal imaging of 12 AMN eyes of eight patients (six female and two male) with recent SARS-CoV-2 infection were retrospectively analyzed.

resultsFour patients (50%) presented with bilateral AMN. Fundus ophthalmoscopy revealed a reddish-brown lesion around the macula, and two eyes had cotton-wool spots at the posterior pole. Three eyes showed mild hypo-autofluorescence. All FFA images (7 eyes) showed no abnormal signs. On OCT scans, all eyes showed outer nuclear layer (ONL) thinning, 8 eyes (66.7%) showed ONL hyperreflectivity, 5 eyes (41.7%) showed outer plexiform layer (OPL) hyperreflectivity, 8 eyes (66.7%) showed interdigitation zone (IZ) disruption, 11 eyes (91.6%) showed ellipsoid zone (EZ) disruption, 2 eyes (16.7%) showed cotton-wool spots and inner plexiform layer (IPL) hyperreflectivity, 1 eye (8.3%) had intraretinal cyst and 1 eye (8.3%) had inner nuclear layer (INL) thinning. Persistent scotoma, ONL hyperreflectivity and IZ/EZ disruption as well as recovery of OPL hyperreflectivity were reported after follow-up in three cases.

conclusionsAMN post-SARS-CoV-2 mostly affected young females and could present unilaterally or bilaterally. Dark lesions on IR reflectance and outer retinal hyperreflectivity on OCT are useful in diagnosing AMN. OPL/ONL hyperreflectivity on OCT could disappear after follow-up, but ONL thinning and IZ/EZ could persist.

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acute macular neuroretinopathymultimodal imagingSARS-CoV-2

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