Retinal manifestations in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection and pathogenetic implications: a systematic review

• Published in: International ophthalmology Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 323 - 336
• Main Authors: Sen, Sagnik, Kannan, Naresh Babu, Kumar, Jayant, Rajan, Renu P., Kumar, Karthik, Baliga, Girish, Reddy, Harshavardhan, Upadhyay, Anubhav, Ramasamy, Kim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.01.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acuity; Case reports; Complications; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease management; Edema; Hemorrhage; Humans; Inflammation; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Occlusion; Ophthalmology; Pandemics; Respiratory diseases; Retina; Review; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Signs and symptoms; Systematic review; Systemic diseases; Thromboembolism; Viral diseases; Viruses; Vision; Visual acuity; COVID-19; Retina; Vasculitis; Artery occlusion; Ophthalmology; Vein occlusion

Introduction The pandemic of COVID-19 has been caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus. Apart from respiratory malfunction, COVID-19 causes a system-wide thromboembolic state, leading to serious cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular manifest...