Lightning can strike twice: recurrent multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) following both COVID-19 vaccination and subsequent COVID-19 infection
Hannah Ng, Rachael L. Niederer
Abstract
Multiple evanescent white dot syndrome has been reported to occur following COVID-19 vaccination and also secondary to COVID-19 infection. Increasingly, patients are querying their risk from further vaccination against COVID-19, vaccination for other diseases (such as influenza) and the risk of disease with COVID-19 infection itself. Here we report an interesting case in which the patient developed MEWDS following COVID vaccination, then, one year later, developed MEWDS in the fellow eye associated with COVID-19 infection.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)VaccinationMedicineSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakVirologyDiseaseImmunologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakPathologyRetinal and Optic ConditionsOcular Diseases and Behçet’s SyndromeSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research