BILATERAL MULTIFOCAL INNER RETINITIS AFTER A VIRAL ILLNESS, LIKELY COVID-19.

Abstract

Purpose: To describe a young female patient who presented with unilateral vision loss with multiple bilateral inner retinal lesions after a nonspecific viral illness, likely COVID-19.

Methods: Case Report: We reviewed the medical record, examined the retina, optical coherence tomography images, and fundus fluorescein angiogram of the patient along with the relevant medical literature.

Results: The patient presented to our emergency department at Moorfields Eye Hospital with a 2-week history of new onset floaters and blurred vision in her right eye. On examination she was found to have a low-grade bilateral vitritis, mild right optic nerve head swelling, and multiple white inner retinal lesions in both eyes.

Conclusion: Retinitis can be due to multiple infectious and noninfectious etiologies. In this case report, we discuss a case of rare multifocal inner retinitis from a nonspecific viral illness-likely COVID-19.