Posterior segment optical coherence tomography findings in patients with COVID-19

Authors : Alev KOÇKAR, Hayati YILMAZ, Betül İlkay SEZGİN, Erdal YÜZBAŞIOĞLU

Pages : 1-6

Doi:10.52827/hititmedj.1124153

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Publication Date : 2023-02-20

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Abstract: Purpose: COVID – 19 which is still the leading health problem in the world, is not yet fully understood, therefore the study aims to investigate the posterior segment of the eye in patients with COVID – 19 using optical coherence tomography insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(OCT);. Materials and Methods: The present study was designed prospective and cross-sectional. Patients with a positive test result of COVID – 19 and healthy controls who were older than 18 years were included in the study. Excluded from the study were the patients with any systemic comorbidity and ocular disease. The demographic and clinical data, including ocular findings and the OCT data, including hyper-reflective insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HR); lesions, retinal nerve fiber layer insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RNFL);, ganglion cell complex insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(GCC);, and macular thicknesses insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MT); were recorded as outcomes and analyzed. Results: Twenty patients with SARS-CoV-2 and 20 healthy subjects were included in this study. There was no difference between COVID -19 patients and healthy controls in terms of the RNFL, GCC, and macular thicknesses insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P > 0.05);. HR lesions were detected in 18insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(45%); eyes of 9insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(45%); patients with COVID – 19 and 15insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(37,5%); eyes of 8insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(40%); healthy subjects’ retinae with no significant difference between groups insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P = 0.165);. Conclusions: Hyper-reflective lesions could only be retinal vessels\` tangential cuts seen in OCT B-Scans. There was not enough data that could indicate posterior segment involvement of COVID – 19.
Keywords : COVID 19, retina, optik koherens tomografi, maküler kalınlık, retina sinir lifi tabakası

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