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Bilateral central retinal vein occlusion following COVID-19 vaccination: Cause or coincidence?

Khaled El MatriSlim WerdaZouheir ChebbiRahma SaidaneMeryem DoukhRacem ChouraYousra FalfoulRim LimaiemLeila El Matri
Published in: European journal of ophthalmology (2024)
To our knowledge, we report the first case of bilateral CRVO in a healthy patient after anti-COVID 19 vaccination. CRVO occurred few days following third shot of vaccine followed by a sequential CRVO in the fellow eye in a patient with recently diagnosed very mild hypertension and no thrombo-embolic risk factors, strongly suggesting a relationship between both events. Nowadays, CRVO should be kept in mind as a potential side effect of Covid-19 vaccination and should be added to the spectrum of their ophthalmic complications.
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