Multimodal Imaging Findings of Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome in COVID-19 Patients

by admin | 11月 3, 2024 | 臨床表現、流行病學, 長新冠, 科學抗疫

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By Natalie Chen et al.

Source sciencedirect

MEWDS ( multiple evanescent white dot syndrome ) 多發輝閃性白點症候群 is an ocular inflammatory syndrome that is often preceded by a viral illness such as adenovirus-related upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs).

Six other case reports in addition to our study have described MEWDS in confirmed COVID-19 patients.

The average age for these patients was 38.4 years (with a range of 17 to 69 years).

The average time from COVID-19 infection to initial MEWDS symptoms was 29.6 days (ranged between 0 to 70 days).

Two patients (29%) presented with bilateral involvement, an unusual manifestation that has only been reported a few times in the current literature.

A 2024 systematic review describing MEWDS cases following COVID vaccination found that all included males had a bilateral presentation.

Another unusual characteristic of MEWDS cases in reported COVID patients was the rate of incomplete visual recovery (as MEWDS patients typically experience full visual recovery within the following weeks or months).

This suggests that COVID-19 MEWDS cases may be more severe when compared to other viral etiologies.