COVID-19-Induced Acute Bilateral Optic Neuritis

J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2020 Jan-Dec:8:2324709620976018. doi: 10.1177/2324709620976018.

Abstract

A 44-year-old male patient with no past medical history presented 2 weeks after seropositive coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection with vision problems suggestive of optic neuritis. Radiological testing showed findings suspicious for acute bilateral optic neuritis. The patient had also anti-MOG antibodies. Whether this was an optic neuritis due to COVID-19, MOG antibody disease, or an activation of MOG antibody disease by COVID-19 is discussed in this case.

Keywords: COVID-19; bilateral optic neuritis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • COVID-19 / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein / blood*
  • Optic Disk / pathology
  • Optic Neuritis / blood
  • Optic Neuritis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Optic Neuritis / etiology
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein