Acute Vision Loss and Conjunctival Hemorrhage as Telltale Symptoms of PIMS-TS

Houda Nassih; Sara Belghmaidi; Rabiy El Qadiry; Ibtissam Hajji; Aicha Bourrahouat; Abdeljalil Moutaouakil; Imane Ait Sab

doi:10.1177/2333794X221108727

Acute Vision Loss and Conjunctival Hemorrhage as Telltale Symptoms of PIMS-TS

Glob Pediatr Health. 2022 Jul 22:9:2333794X221108727. doi: 10.1177/2333794X221108727. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Houda Nassih¹, Sara Belghmaidi¹, Rabiy El Qadiry¹, Ibtissam Hajji¹, Aicha Bourrahouat¹, Abdeljalil Moutaouakil¹, Imane Ait Sab¹

Affiliation

¹ Caddy Ayad University, Marrakesh, Morocco.

Abstract

There is a global concern about children presenting with inflammatory syndrome with variable clinical features during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This paper reports the first pediatric case of bilateral serous retinal detachment and conjunctival hemorrhage as a revealing pattern of the pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS). Despite the severity of multisystemic involvement, the management with steroids was very successful. Complete remission was obtained within 3 months of acute onset.

Keywords: COVID-19; PIMS-TS; SARS-CoV-2; acute glomerulonephritis; acute kidney injury; acute vision loss; bilateral serous retinal detachment; conjunctival hemorrhage.

Publication types

Case Reports