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Combined endophthalmitis and orbital cellulitis in patients with corona virus disease (COVID-19).


ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To document the presentation of unilateral combined endophthalmitis and orbital cellulitis in patients with COVID-19 infection and study their prognosis.

Patients and methods

This interventional case series study included 9 patients referred to the Ophthalmology Department, Minia University Hospital with unilateral combined endophthalmitis and orbital cellulitis between April 2020 and March 2021. In addition to the COVID-19 work-up, all patients were subjected to full ophthalmological evaluation and managed according to their ophthalmic and systemic disease.

Results

The patients were 5 females and 4 males. They had clinical, laboratory and imaging findings that confirmed COVID-19 infection. All patients had unilateral endophthalmitis with orbital cellulitis and profound visual loss in the affected eye. Three patients died due to respiratory failure, while 6 patients recovered systemically. The survived patients developed atrophia bulbi in 4 patients and in 2 patients, the globe retained normal size but with complete visual loss.

Conclusion

Combined endophthalmitis and orbital cellulitis can be one of the early presentations of patients with COVID-19 infection with poor visual prognosis.

Trial registration

Clinical registration: clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT04456556 .

SUBMITTER: Abdelkader MFSO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8440116 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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