Open AccessIntracranial hypertension and visual loss following COVID-19: A case report
Author(s) -
Bayazıt İlhan,
Burcu Gökçe Çokal,
Yusuf Mungan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_342_21
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , cerebrospinal fluid , risk factor , raised intracranial pressure , pseudotumor cerebri , edema , brain edema , ophthalmology , intracranial pressure , disease , surgery , anesthesia , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
A 40-year-old woman presented with headache, bilateral optic disc edema, and visual loss. She had been diagnosed with COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) 15 days ago. Her cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure was 410 mmH 2 O, and cranial imaging was normal. She had obesity as a risk factor but had not experienced any ophthalmic complaints before. COVID-19 could be a causative or precipitating factor for intracranial hypertension especially in high-risk groups even in the late phases of the disease and has not been discussed in the literature as such. This should be studied further and kept in mind to prevent permanent loss of vision.