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ArticleCureus2024

Recovery From Central Retinal Artery Occlusion Accompanying Paracentral Acute Middle Maculopathy After COVID-19 Vaccination.

Azusa Yamagishi, Yuta Kitamura, Takayuki Baba

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Azusa YamagishiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, JPN.
Yuta KitamuraDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, JPN.
Takayuki BabaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, JPN.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although ocular complications following COVID-19 vaccination have been reported, particularly retinal vascular occlusion and uveitis, their definitive causal relationships remain uncertain. This report presents a case of central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) with paracentral acute middle maculopathy (PAMM) developed one day after receiving Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, with a favorable outcome. The patient experienced sudden vision loss in her left eye, and her vision dropped to hand motion the day after vaccination. The initial examination suggested CRAO, but optical coherence tomography (OCT) revealed PAMM. We administered intravenous d-mannitol and acetazolamide and performed ocular massage. Two days later, her corrected visual acuity improved to 0.4, and further improvement to 1.2 occurred after 16 days. To the best of our knowledge, no reports have documented CRAO with PAMM following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination. The relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and retinal vascular occlusion remains unknown, highlighting the need for further research.

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covid-19covid-19 vaccinemrna vaccineparacentral acute middle maculopathypfizer-biontech covid-19 vaccineretinal artery occlusion

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PMCPMC10831777

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