Covid-19 association with anterior uveitis (post-covid acute anterior uveitis)

J Pak Med Assoc. 2022 Aug;72(8):1642-1644. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.3303.

Abstract

The Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan on 31st December 2019 soon became a pandemic. Ocular manifestations in post covid patients have been widely reported. Anterior uveitis is a common form of intraocular inflammation observed on a daily basis by Ophthalmologists. Diagnosis of AAU is relatively simple but identification of its etiology is difficult, specifically with Covid-19. Post Covid-19 AAU is not reported in Pakistan yet. The patient in the given case is investigated thoroughly, no possible cause of AAU is identified. The patient was managed for uveitis.

Keywords: Covid-19, uveitis, AAU-acute anterior uveitis..

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • COVID-19*
  • HLA-B27 Antigen
  • Humans
  • Uveitis*
  • Uveitis, Anterior* / complications
  • Uveitis, Anterior* / diagnosis

Substances

  • HLA-B27 Antigen