INTERMEDIATE UVEITIS SECONDARY TO COVID-19 INFECTION

A CASE REPORT

Abstract

Objective: a case of intermediate uveitis, post-acute period infection, mediated by SARS-CoV-2, documenting the multiform clinical presentation of COVID-19. Materials and method: case report and image exams, with bibliographic review. Results: A 50-year-old man, with a positive Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in a nasal swab for SARS-CoV-2, 10 days after isolation, complained of low visual acuity and bilateral blurring. Vitreitis in both eyes, 2 + / 4 in OR and 1 + / 4 + in OS and vitreous haze were documented in retinography. 15 days after the early diagnosis and the start of treatment, the patient evolved with improved visual acuity. In the reassessment of biomicroscopy and fundoscopy, there was an improvement in the vitritis pattern. Conclusions: the patient denied a medical history of chronic autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, and possible etiologies were excluded. Clinical presentation, early diagnosis and clinical response, with gradual reduction and satisfactory response, shows an intermediate uveitis. We present this case of ocular involvement, days after a systemic inflammatory condition by COVID - 19, to document the extraordinary and multifaceted capacity for clinical viral manifestation.