Intracranial hypertension and visual loss following COVID-19: A case report
Bayazıt İlhan, BurcuG Cokal, Yusuf Mungan
Abstract
A 40-year-old woman presented with headache, bilateral optic disc edema, and visual loss. She had been diagnosed with COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) 15 days ago. Her cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure was 410 mmH 2 O, and cranial imaging was normal. She had obesity as a risk factor but had not experienced any ophthalmic complaints before. COVID-19 could be a causative or precipitating factor for intracranial hypertension especially in high-risk groups even in the late phases of the disease and has not been discussed in the literature as such. This should be studied further and kept in mind to prevent permanent loss of vision.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineCerebrospinal fluidRisk factorRaised intracranial pressureSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Pseudotumor cerebriEdema2019-20 coronavirus outbreakBrain edemaOphthalmologyIntracranial pressureDiseaseSurgeryAnesthesiaInternal medicinePathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakCerebral Venous Sinus ThrombosisRetinal and Optic ConditionsLong-Term Effects of COVID-19